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# 1  
Old 02-22-2008
creating a variable
I cannot seem to get the following script to work. I cannot seem to set the variable. What am I missing?

bin/bash
set -x

echo "2" > /tmp/number

STATUS='grep -c 2 /temp/number'

if [ "$STATUS" -eq 1 ] ; then
echo "Number 2 is found once"
else
echo "Number 2 is found more or less than one time"
fi
# 2  
Old 02-22-2008
A couple of things. First, the first line should read:
Code:
#!/bin/bash

And this line should use backticks, not single quotes:

Code:
STATUS=`grep -c 2 /temp/number`

Another problem is that you echo to /tmp/number, but then grep /temp/number.
# 3  
Old 02-22-2008
1/ At the beginning of the script the shebang should be included,
2/ you're using ' instead of ` at line 6
3/ /tmp should be used consistently, not /temp at line 6


Code:
#!/bin/bash
set -x

echo "2" > /tmp/number

STATUS=`grep -c 2 /tmp/number´

if [[ "$STATUS" -eq 1 ]] ; then
   echo "Number 2 is found once"
else
   echo "Number 2 is found more or less than one time"
fi

# 4  
Old 02-22-2008
Thank you both!!!!!
 
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