01-09-2008
How to get exit code in a pipe-lined command?
I have a question about how to get the exit code of the first command when it appears in a pipe-lined command.
For example, I have the following script:
grep abc dddd | tee -a log
if [[ $? -ne 0 ]]
then
echo "ERROR!"
fi
In the above script, [[ $? -ne 0 ]] is supposed to test the exit code of "grep abc dddd". But since it is in a pipe line, the $? actually stores the exit code of "tee -a log". So, [[ $? -ne 0 ]] is always false.
How to address this problem?
Thanks.
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TEE(1) User Commands TEE(1)
NAME
tee - read from standard input and write to standard output and files
SYNOPSIS
tee [OPTION]... [FILE]...
DESCRIPTION
Copy standard input to each FILE, and also to standard output.
-a, --append
append to the given FILEs, do not overwrite
-i, --ignore-interrupts
ignore interrupt signals
-p diagnose errors writing to non pipes
--output-error[=MODE]
set behavior on write error. See MODE below
--help display this help and exit
--version
output version information and exit
MODE determines behavior with write errors on the outputs:
'warn' diagnose errors writing to any output
'warn-nopipe'
diagnose errors writing to any output not a pipe
'exit' exit on error writing to any output
'exit-nopipe'
exit on error writing to any output not a pipe
The default MODE for the -p option is 'warn-nopipe'. The default operation when --output-error is not specified, is to exit immediately on
error writing to a pipe, and diagnose errors writing to non pipe outputs.
AUTHOR
Written by Mike Parker, Richard M. Stallman, and David MacKenzie.
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SEE ALSO
Full documentation at: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/tee>
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