Hello, If my shell programming is as good as I hope, you need the following: if [ ! -z `/bin/cat /tmp/BACKUP/tmp | /bin/grep 'not accepted'` ] ; then echo hi; else echo no; fi The -z will apply the the output of the entire line, after the grep. I am sure if I am wrong, someone will be sure and educate us both and make us better shell programmers. Very Respectfully, Cesar Covarrubias On Thu, 2007-12-06 at 12:00 -0600, Steven Buehler wrote: > I hope this is the right list to ask this on. I am creating a shell script > for something and the following line (whether run from the script or the > command line) gives me an error: > if [ ! -z /bin/cat /tmp/BACKUP/tmp | /bin/grep 'not accepted' ] ; then echo > hi; else echo no; fi > > Gives me the following error > ------------- > -bash: [: missing `]' > grep: ]: No such file or directory > no > ------------- > > If I run the command like the following, it works just fine: > /bin/cat /tmp/BACKUP/tmp | /bin/grep 'not accepted' > > Any help would be appreciated. > > Thanks > Steve > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
