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# 1  
Old 11-06-2008
Check Word if exist on file or not
Hello,
I want to check if some word exist or not on some file

By Example :
word is : nixcraft
file called : /root/shell.txt

and i want to check if nixcraft word exist on /root/shell.txt file with if statement or another tool

Any Ideas
# 2  
Old 11-06-2008
grep -i 'nixcraft' /root/shell.txt
# 3  
Old 11-06-2008
i want it in if statement syntax

if [....]; then

else

fi

thanks for your reply
# 4  
Old 11-06-2008
Code:
#!/bin/sh

file=/root/shell.txt
word="nixcraft"

if [ -f "$file" ]; then
        echo "File $file does not exist."
        exit 1
fi

cmd=$(grep -ci "$word" $file)

if [ "$cmd" != "0" ]; then
        echo "Word exists"
else
        echo "Word does not exist."
fi

# 5  
Old 11-06-2008
Thank you very mush Smilie
This is good idea
# 6  
Old 11-28-2008
thanks, works perfectly and exactley what I was looking for. Smilie
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