Problem with conditional statement

dlafa · #1 (**permalink**) 04-22-2009

Hi,

I'm getting a "bad number" error from the following conditional if statement. I understand the results of the grep command are not being treated a an integer but am unsure of the correct syntax. Any help would be appreciated.

if [ "grep -c DT $myoutfile" -gt 0 ]

Thanks

vgersh99 · #2 (**permalink**) 04-22-2009

Code:

#!/bin/ksh

if [ $(grep -c DT "$myoutfile") -gt 0 ]

dlafa · #3 (**permalink**) 04-22-2009

Thank you. That worked perfectly...

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