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Everything else seems to be working, but this isn't. Is it the "cat..." that is wrong of the condition? Thanks.


cat tc_result.txt | while read LINE
do
if [ "$LINE" == "*File*" ]
then
let "files_run += 1";
echo "inside the if loop"
# save current filetype
case $LINE in
"Running Engine to produce ECF File") file_type="ECF";;
"Running Engine to produce AFP File") file_type="AFP";;
"Running Engine to produce PostScript File") file_type="PostScript";;
"Running Engine to produce Metacode File") file_type="Metacode";;
"Running Engine to produce PCL File") file_type="PCL";;
"Running Engine to produce PDF File") file_type="PDF";;
"Running Engine to produce PPML File") file_type="PPML";;
"Running Engine to produce VIPP File") file_type="VIPP";;
"Running Engine to produce RTF File") file_type="RTF";;
"Running Engine to produce 3211 File") file_type="3211";;
"Running Engine to produce VPS File") file_type="VPS";;
"Running Engine to produce HTML File") file_type="HTML";;
esac
else

Hi.

How is it not working? ... cheers, drl

It's not getting into that loop. I've tested and the tc_result file is created correctly and so there are lines that have File in them. However, the counters are not increased and I don't hit my statement saying I'm in the loop.

Code:

bash 3.2.25(16)$ [ "File" == "*File*" ]&&echo OK||echo KO
KO
bash 3.2.25(16)$ [[ "File" == "*File*" ]]&&echo OK||echo KO
KO
bash 3.2.25(16)$ [[ "File" == *File* ]]&&echo OK||echo KO
OK

HTH

P.S. And you don't need cat ...

Hi.

Or, in the words of the man bash page:
Best wishes ... cheers, drl

Thank you. I did not see this in the reference material I reviewed.