On Tue, Oct 17, 2023 at 08:00:57PM -0400, imnozi@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> On Wed, 18 Oct 2023 00:36:37 +0200
> "U.Mutlu" <um@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > ...
> > Actualy I need to do this monster: :-)
> >
> > IP="1.2.3.4"
> > ! nft "get element inet mytable myset { $IP }" > /dev/null 2>&1 && \
> > ! nft "get element inet mytable myset2 { $IP }" > /dev/null 2>&1 && \
> > nft "add element inet mytable myset { $IP }"
>
> Try using '||', akin to:
Please, use 'nft create' for this, no need for an explicit test and
then add from command line.
The idiom above is an antipattern, because it is not atomic, the
'create' command provides a way to first test if the element exists
(if so it fails) then add it.
