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beautiful, thats working perfect.

Thanks again.. :D

cool thanks, so im assuming that to test $? and perform further steps within the same shell i would need something like this:

rsh vps-is1 vsh -Cvps.1 p1 status | { grep "(noa)" ; if [ $? = 0 ]...

seems to give the correct exit status now, why is that different from the previous code. Can you explain the syntax of the new code above for me please so i understand it properly?

Many thanks

I cant add tools to the box, would invalidate our support agreement with the supplier....

Is there any other way you can think of that i can check the line status (as per my code above) and...

i get :

ssh: not found when i substitute rsh for ssh. I guess we dont have it on the box (im at work)...

Hi there again.
Having a little problem using the $? value to decided whether to execute further code.

Im using Grep as follows:

rsh vps-is1 -Cvps.1 p1 status | grep "(noa)"

If i then "echo...

Wow, thank you so much.

Thanks for giving such a comprehensive reply, its really appreciated :)

That worked like a charm thanks.

Another quickie if its ok... :D

Is it possible to test the return that grep gives and perform aditional tasks if it meets a criteria.

By this is mean that if...

Excellent, Im at home at the moment but will try this as soon as i hit the office in the morning.

Can i use it in conjunction with the -i option as the string sometimes isnt capitalised...???

Hi all

I have been doing basic admin on a Sun OS 5.6 system for some time and am just trying to learn about shell scripts to help perform some dull things i do every day.

Im trying to automate...