Re: Writing a script that looks for missing data

From: Alan Connor (zzzzzz_at_xxx.yyy)
Date: 03/31/04 

Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2004 01:11:33 GMT

On 31 Mar 2004 00:23:07 GMT, Chris F.A. Johnson <c.fa.johnson@rogers.com> wrote:
>
>
> On Tue, 30 Mar 2004 at 23:49 GMT, Alan Connor wrote:
>> On 30 Mar 2004 13:04:57 -0800, Ludwig77 <gregrjones@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Alan Connor <zzzzzz@xxx.yyy> wrote in message news:<cmgac.8312$lt2.1196@newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net>...
>>>> On 30 Mar 2004 06:41:00 -0800, Ludwig77 <gregrjones@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>> >

<snip>

>>
>> if ! grep...
>>
>> does just that.
>>
>> What else would it do?
>
> $ if ! grep qwerty /etc/passwd; then echo no; fi
> !: not found
>
>> The results are identical.
>
> Not in all shells.
>
>

How about the ones that are all twisty and you can hear the ocean in?

:-)

AC

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