> -----Original Message----- > From: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Muhammad Rizwan > Sent: Saturday, March 12, 2005 9:04 AM > To: redhat-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Subject: useradd results > > Hello > > Is there any way to get the results of useradd command. Means > if i run useradd command through shell script or c code, then > is there any way to get the nessage return by command in program. > > Any idea? > > Thanks > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > There are several ways to capture output from a command in a shell script. If you want to capture the return value, you can use the $? variable, which will return the return value of the last command executed. For example, the return value would be 0 if the command executes successfully, 6 if the user already exists, and 3 if you have specified a bad username. I don't know the return value for other error situations. If you're looking to capture any return message that useradd generates, you could either use the grave accents: ` ` or pipe the output to another command. Example using the $? Variable: useradd ... if [[ $? = 0 ]] then echo "useradd: command completed successfully" fi Example using grave accents: RETURNVARIABLE=`useradd ...` Example using pipes useradd ... | awk ... useradd ... | sed ... I think this version of useradd only returns error messages so there is no point in piping to awk or sed. Would verifying the return value with $? Satisfy what you're doing? Hope this helps, Michael -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
