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Old 11-22-2008
Question condensed if then structure
Hi all,
I was wondering if it was possible to put a command in an if statement.
I wrote something like:
Code:
grep -q 'santiago' file
(( $? )) && echo text not found || echo text found

I would like to write something like this but it doesn't work:
Code:
(( grep -q 'santiago' file )) && echo text not found || echo text found

Do you have any clue?
Thanks in advance
Santiago
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Old 11-22-2008
Code:
grep -q 'santiago' file && echo text found || echo text not found

# 3  
Old 11-22-2008
Humm... Sometimes I feel like digging a hole and burying myself.
Thanks jlliagre
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