On Sat, 2014-01-11 at 13:20 +0100, Vincent Zweije wrote: > The proposed code just looks for a relatively distinctive pattern in > the output. Empty output will certainly not match this pattern. I > think adding an exit status check only serves to obscure what's > actually going on.
Actually I disagree, far from obscuring what is going on the use of error exist status is idiomatic in Unix shell. Given you analysis of the various error conditions (thank you) I think I will go with: || if ! abootimg="$(LC_ALL=C abootimg -i "$p" 2>/dev/null)"; then || continue || fi Ian. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
