On Sat, Aug 01, 2020 at 05:50:58PM -0700, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: > On 2020-08-01 16:27, Ed Greshko wrote: > > On 2020-08-02 07:26, Ed Greshko wrote: > > > On 2020-08-02 07:05, Samuel Sieb wrote: > > > > On 8/1/20 3:20 PM, Joe Zeff wrote: > > > > > On 08/01/2020 03:06 PM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: > > > > > > Any way around grep and awk or Raku? > > > > > > > > > > > > $ nmcli device status | grep eno2 | awk '{print $3}' > > > > > > connected > > > > > nmcli device status | grep eno2 | grep connected > > > > > > > > > > This will either return connected, or a blank line, without using awk or any other string manipulation. > > > > Or even easier, you can send the output to null and check the exit code. > > > > if nmcli device status | grep eno2 | grep connected > /dev/null; then > > > > # connected > > > > else > > > > # not connected > > > > fi > > > > > > > Actually, doesn't one have to be a bit more careful with the pattern? > > > > > > Notice what the status is for wlp4s0. > > > > > > [egreshko@meimei ~]$ if nmcli device status | grep wlp4s0 | grep connected > /dev/null; then echo connected; else echo not connected; fi > > > connected > > > > > > oops... > > > > > > > Forgot to include... > > > > [egreshko@meimei ~]$ nmcli device status > > DEVICE TYPE STATE CONNECTION > > enp2s0 ethernet connected enp2s0 > > virbr0 bridge connected virbr0 > > vnet0 tun connected vnet0 > > 78:00:9E:27:6B:3D bt disconnected -- > > wlp4s0 wifi disconnected -- > > lo loopback unmanaged -- > > virbr0-nic tun unmanaged -- > > > > Ah poop! "disconnected" contains "connected"! if nmcli device status | grep -E "^eno2 +.* +connected " > /dev/null then # connected else # not connected fi jon -- Jon H. LaBadie jonfu@xxxxxxxxxx _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx