Damyan Ivanov <divanov@creditreform.bg> wrote: > > So I use use `unset -e' prior to the egrep and `set -e' right afterwards? > > No, this is ugly :-) > > > The warnings aren't fatal. I just prefer to display them. > > Now I see. > > In this case use `egrep -e "pattern" ${LOG} || /bin/true'. This way the > result of the compound command is always true. Very sweet! Works like a charm. Many thanks! :-) Peter