Re: OT: Which tool, and how, to get partial string from file?

[Kent West <westk@acu.edu>]

Kent West wrote:

> Kent West wrote:
>
> > >
> > My test script:
> >
> > > #!/bin/bash
> > >
> > > if [ `grep -q icewm /home.local/snert/.xinitrc` ] ; then
> > >         echo "Yep"
> > > else
> > >         echo "Nope"
> > > fi
> >
> >
> >
> > and the result:
> >
> > > snert[@macs51]:/home.local/snert> ./test.sh
> > > Nope
>
> But removing the "-q" seems to do the trick.
>
> Thanks!

Oops; I thought it worked. But it doesn't. At least not reliably. I 
would have thought that this would be a common enough need that there'd 
be a common solution for it, but after half a day of googling, and 
asking on this list, still no answer is forthcoming. I'm stunned.

--
Kent