help with unix commands

[PAUL DIACONESCU]

Thank you for your help.
Your solution works for this particular command (grep),
but my question was more general.
How can I retrieve the exit status of a unix command executed in a quick 
screen via 'run command'.
In unix this status is in the variable '$?'.
How can I retrieve this exit status in the Quick screen ?
paul diaconescu


>From: "Ken Langendock" <Ken at Langendock.com>
>Reply-To: <Ken at Langendock.com>
>To: "'PAUL DIACONESCU'" <paul_diaconescu at hotmail.com>
>Subject: RE: help with unix commands
>Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2006 10:34:53 -0500
>
>I'm sorry if this answer is incorrect, I don't have the UNIX machine
>located where I am currently, but I believe if you GREP the file you are
>looking for and redirect the out put to another file.
>
>It will either a) only create the file if there is a positive result OR
>b) the file will be empty.
>
>Then you can test the existence and/or size of the file for your answer.
>
>Hope this helps
>Ken
>
>PS I may have an example, I will look for one.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: powerh-l-bounces+ken.langendock=rogers.com at lists.sowder.com
>[mailto:powerh-l-bounces+ken.langendock=rogers.com at lists.sowder.com] On
>Behalf Of PAUL DIACONESCU
>Sent: January 25, 2006 10:24 AM
>To: powerh-l at lists.sowder.com
>Subject: RE: help with unix commands
>
>
>Thank-you for your answer.
>I do not want to check for the existence of a file.
>I want to check for the existence of one or more lines containing 'abc'
>on a
>particular file
>The 'grep' command exits with status = 0 if any lines match, 1 if not
>and 2
>for erreors.
>How can I retrieve the exit-status ($?) in the quick program ?
>paul diaconescu
>
>
> >From: "Ole Hansen, ScanConsult" <oh at scanconsult.dk>
> >Reply-To: oh at scanconsult.dk
> >To: "'PAUL DIACONESCU'" <paul_diaconescu at hotmail.com>,
> ><powerh-l at lists.sowder.com>
> >Subject: RE: help with unix commands
> >Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2006 16:11:46 +0100
> >
> >Paul,
> >
> >I can't answer your question, but I have a feeling that you wish to
>test
> >for
> >existence of af particular file. If my feeling is correct, here is what
>we
> >do:
> >
> >let cmd_str = "ls $HOME/filename" ; change to point to correct file
> >run command cmd_str nowarn on error continue
> >if commandok
> >  then let fileexists = "1"
> >  else let fileexists = "0"
> >
> >... otherwise - sorry for the wasted bandwidth.
> >
> >Mange hilsner / With kind regards
> >
> >Ole Hansen
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> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: powerh-l-bounces+oh=scanconsult.dk at lists.sowder.com
> >[mailto:powerh-l-bounces+oh=scanconsult.dk at lists.sowder.com] On Behalf
>Of
> >PAUL DIACONESCU
> >Sent: 25. januar 2006 15:52
> >To: powerh-l at lists.sowder.com
> >Subject: help with unix commands
> >
> >quick, on hp unix.
> >
> >I try to do a <RUN COMMAND "grep 'abc' filexx > /dev/null>
> >
> >In unix this command exits with a status ($?)  = 0, 1 or 2.
> >
> >How can I retrieve this status ($?) in my quick screen ?
> >
> >paul diaconescu
> >
> >
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