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Old 11-19-2008
mailme0712 mailme0712 is offline
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using find command followed by if condition
Hi try this

file=`find dirpath -type f -name "filename" -exec grep 06 {} \;`

if [ "$file" = "" ] ; then
var=0
else
var=1
fi
Last edited by mailme0712; 11-19-2008 at 05:04 AM..