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Old 07-31-2012
In Solaris, /usr/bin/grep does not support -q flag. Try to use /usr/xpg4/bin/grep, see man page for details.

You need to test the return status ($?) for the /usr/xpg4/bin/grep 'cos it does not return anything even if there is a match.
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Old 07-31-2012
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Originally Posted by fop4658
hi agama,

got one more question here, as my xyz.log file keep changing daily as it has date stamp in filename just like xyz073112.log(as of today). So can we use /a/b/c/taillog.sh in first step in above code. Any means we can use taillog.sh to get rid of daily updated xyzxxx.log file
Probably. Not sure what taillog.sh does exactly, but assuming that it finds the right log, and then tails it writing to standard output, then yes you should be able to use that in place of tail -f.

I didn't notice that you indicated Solaris, so go with the suggested version of grep, or just use awk.
# 10  
Old 08-01-2012
Appreciate the quick responses, but these things wrecking my mind am completely new to unix. So anyone who can provide exact solution to my requirement. It should be like ...

1. taillog.sh is the tail log script which keeps updating when my server comes up
2. phrase to be searched for is "process completed"
3. once code find the above phrase(process completed) in taillog.sh , it should execute another ./startscript.

thanks in Advance

---------- Post updated 08-01-12 at 10:09 PM ---------- Previous update was 07-31-12 at 10:15 PM ----------

Can any one help out with a script with below requirement.,


Quote:
Originally Posted by fop4658
Appreciate the quick responses, but these things wrecking my mind am completely new to unix. So anyone who can provide exact solution to my requirement. It should be like ...

1. taillog.sh is the tail log script which keeps updating when my server comes up
2. phrase to be searched for is "process completed"
3. once code find the above phrase(process completed) in taillog.sh , it should execute another ./startscript.

thanks in Advance
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