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# 1  
Old 08-03-2005
And operator
I am trying to check two variables and if both are blank I want to set a flag:

Code:
the_f3_pid=`rsh $target ps -ef | grep "f3.eab" | awk '{print $2}'`
the_f7_pid=`rsh $target ps -ef | grep "f7.eab" | awk '{print $2}'`

if [ "$the_f3_pid" = "" && "$the_f7_pid = "" ] ; then
  y=1
fi

I get an error:

./script_name[18]: test: 0403-021 ] character is missing.

the_f3_pid and the_f7_pid are both blank since the software is not running on the machine I am checking.

Any ideas ?

Thanks,
RC
# 2  
Old 08-03-2005
Is appears if I use and instead of && that it works ok.
# 3  
Old 08-03-2005
Change
"$the_f7_pid
to
"$the_f7_pid"

Also change
&&
to
-a
# 4  
Old 08-03-2005
change '&&' to '-a'
# 5  
Old 08-04-2005
You can also do the work without using the and operator :

Code:
if [ "$the_f3_pid$the_f7_pid" = "" ] ; then
  y=1
fi

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