Filenames with wildcards in variables

Question

#!/bin/bash
outbound=/home/user/outbound/
putfile=DATA_FILE_PUT_*.CSV
cd $outbound
filecnt=0
for file in $putfile; do let filecnt=filecnt+1; done
echo \"Filecount: \         


        

Answer 1

Not sure why you need a piece of code here. Following one liner should do your job.

ls ${outbound}/${putfile} | wc -l

Or

find ${outbound} -maxdepth 1 -type f -name "${putfile}" | wc -l