Hi,
I am running the below script.
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#!/bin/ksh
for tname in `cat tables.txt | cut -f 1` ;
do
if (test -n `grep -il "$tname" /fs/scripts/*`)

then echo ${tname} >> UsedTables.txt

else echo ${tname} >> UnUsedTables.txt

fi
done
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Its running fine if grep finds the pattern but when the pattern is not found its giving the following error message:

script1.ksh[5]: test: argument expected

Eventhough it throws the message but its appending the ${tname} value in the files.

Can anyone let me know how to avoid the error message when grep doesn't finds the pattern.

Thanks.

Ygor had closed your earlier thread - script to search for the contents of a file on the grounds of violating the no-homework rule.

I will not give you any solution because its homework. But rather suggestions because you have a script that works partially.

grep has a -q option. Read the man pages to see what it does. Use the exit status which results from that option and proceed. Read man ksh to see how you can use the construct ((expression)) together with the -q option.