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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Find a string in all files and echo a message Post 302966168 by jim mcnamara on Tuesday 9th of February 2016 02:40:37 AM
Old 02-09-2016
Code:
[[  $file -ne "$Incomplete" ]]

-ne is meant for number comparisons
!= is meant for string comparisons

So,
Code:
[[  $file != "$Incomplete" ]]

Note - your corrected code does not make sense to me. Why would the $file value ever equal the $Incomplete value? The file name is not "end"

Investigate the use of the grep -q command It sets the return value to 0 (OK) if "end" is found in the last five lines, snippet:
Code:
tail -5 $file | grep -q "end"
if [ $? -eq 0 ] ; then
  echo "$file is okay"
else
  echo "$file is not ok"
fi

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whereis(1)						      General Commands Manual							whereis(1)

NAME

       whereis - locate source, binary, and/or manual for program

SYNOPSIS

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AUTHOR

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