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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting variable getting results from a log file; compare it in an IF cycle Post 302448275 by newbiez on Wednesday 25th of August 2010 03:50:52 PM
Old 08-25-2010
variable getting results from a log file; compare it in an IF cycle
Hi All

I am going crazy trying to resolve this easy task....

I have a log file that is created by xcode; and it contains the results of a build (either success or fail); what i am trying to achieve here is to get the result from the log, and check if is a pass or fail in an IF statement, so if it pass i write in anotehr log the build number, the date and the pass, otherwise i write in the log the fail and also send an email to myself.

the part that is causing me troubles is the extrapolation of the results and the comparison in the IF cycle:

-i tried to grep for the word FAIL in the logs, and save the results in a variable, but this does not work all the times, since i get from grep the entire line where the failure happens, while i just would like to have a bool that tells me "yes, the log has the word FAIL" or "no, the log has no FAIL" (in which case i consider it as pass).

-when i do the if statement; the result is not saved in another variable (it gets empty)

This is what i have so far in code:

checking if the logs has FAIL or PASS
Code:
IS_FAILED=`grep -r 'FAILED' ~/build_results.txt`

IF cycle
Code:
if [ -ne $IS_FAILED ]; then
        RESULT='pass'
        echo "is a pass"
else
        RESULT='fail'
        echo "is a fail"
fi

of course this won't work; and i don't get why the RESULT variable is empty, even if the echo prints the pass or fail; and i do not get how can i take just the "FAILED" string and compare it with "FAILED" in the IF cycle, instead of doing just a check to see if is empty or not (prone to errors)

is there any other way to achieve this result? I would really appreciate any suggestion.

Thanks
 

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smfi_setreply(3N)														 smfi_setreply(3N)

NAME

       smfi_setreply() - sets the default SMTP error reply code

SYNOPSIS

PARAMETERS

       ctx	 Specifies the opaque context structure.

       rcode	 Specifies the 3-digit (RFC 821/2821) SMTP reply code as a null-terminated string.  rcode cannot be set to NULL value.	rcode must
		 be a valid or reply code.

       xcode	 Specifies the extended (RFC 1893/2034) reply code.  An xcode must conform to RFC 1893/2034.  If xcode is set to NULL, an extended
		 code is not used.

       message	 Specifies the text part of the SMTP reply.  If message is set to NULL, an empty message is used.

DESCRIPTION

       The  routine  directly sets the SMTP error reply code for a connection.	Only and replies are accepted.	uses this code on subsequent error
       replies from the Milter function.

       can be called from any function except the function.

   Notes
       o  Values passed to are not checked for standards compliance.

       o  The message parameter must contain only printable characters; other characters may lead to undefined behavior.  For example,	CR  or	LF
	  causes  the call to fail, a single (percentage) character can cause the text to be ignored.  If a (percentage) character must be used in
	  a string, it must be used as

       o  For more information on reply codes and their meanings, see RFC 821, 2821, 1893, or 2034.

       o  If the reply code (rcode) given is a code but is used for the message, the normal reply is not used.

	  If the reply code (rcode) given is a code but is used for the message, the custom reply is not used.

	  In neither of these two cases, an error is returned to the Milter and silently ignores the reply code.

       o  If the Milter returns and sets the reply code to the SMTP server terminates the SMTP session with a error code.

RETURN VALUE

       fails and returns if the rcode or xcode argument is invalid or a memory allocation failure occurs; otherwise; returns

AUTHOR

       The routine was developed by the Sendmail Inc.

SEE ALSO

       smfi_getsymval(3N), smfi_getpriv(3N), smfi_setreply(3N), smfi_setpriv(3N).

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