try -ne instead of -nq :-) Ian
On Wed, Apr 21, 2004 at 05:09:14PM +0300, Ion-Mihai Tetcu wrote: > Hi, > > > Could somebody explain me why in the second case I get an error (both > with test(1) and with sh's builtin) ? > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> /var/log/ports [16:51:38] 0 > # sh > # cat ports_sup_log | wc -l > 3 > # if [ "`cat ports_sup_log | wc -l`" -eq "3" ]; then echo 'da'; fi > da > # if [ "`cat ports_sup_log | wc -l`" -nq "3" ]; then echo 'da'; fi > [: 3: unexpected operator > > # if (/bin/test "`cat ports_sup_log | wc -l`" -eq "3") ; then echo 'da'; fi > da > # if (/bin/test "`cat ports_sup_log | wc -l`" -nq "3") ; then echo 'da'; fi > test: 3: unexpected operator > > > > -- > IOnut > Unregistered ;) FreeBSD "user" > > _______________________________________________ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"