Re: need help on shell programming

[Tzafrir Cohen <tzafrir@cohens.org.il>]

On Sun, Mar 08, 2009 at 08:50:25PM +0100, Michael Wagner wrote:

> -----------------------------------------------------+
> #! /bin/bash                                         |
>                                                      |
> if [ $(pgrep -x script.sh) ]; then <script here>; fi |

Again: if runs a command as a test. Using '[' (test) is not a
requirement.

if pgrep -x script.sh >/dev/null; then ...

(The above would also be a syntax error if you get two matches)

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