I'm trying to figure out how to check if the name of a file exists in a .txt document.

I have the file list.txt which contains:

```
001 jane jane_profile_07272018.doc
002 kwood kwood_profile_04022017.doc
003 pchow pchow_profile_05152019.doc
004 janez janez_profile_11042019.doc
005 jane jane_pic_07282018.jpg
006 kwood kwood_pic_04032017.jpg
007 pchow pchow_pic_05162019.jpg
008 jane jane_contact_07292018.csv
009 kwood kwood_contact_04042017.csv
010 pchow pchow_contact_05172019.csv

```

I need to check whether the files related to "jane" exist in the filesystem or not.

While trying to figure it out I wanted to just check if I could make it work by only searching for the .doc but I can't figure out the if expression to use.

```
files=$(grep "jane " list.txt | cut -d " " -f3)

if [ -e *.doc "$files" ]; then
  echo "File exists"
  fi

```

This gives the error: "main.sh: line 5: [: jane\_profile\_07272018.doc: binary operator expected"

I've spent an embarrassing amount of time trying to figure this out so any help is much appreciated.

**EDIT**: With some help from a friend we figured it out and this code works best for what I'm trying to do.

```
#!/bin/bash

> oldFiles.txt

files=$(grep " jane " list.txt | cut -d' ' -f3)

for f in $files; do 
  if [ -e $f ]; then
    echo $f >> oldFiles.txt;
  fi
done

```