On Fri, 27 Oct 2006 09:48:28 +0200 Neil Stockbridge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> (the "x" in "x1" above is so that when the backtick command returns the > empty string, the shell interprets "if [ x1 == x ].." rather than "if > [ 1 == ]..", which is illegal. the "banned2" string above if what i'm > looking for the presence or absence of in the iptables output. "wc -l" > counts the lines in the output) Use " quotes ( if [ "1" == "`ls -l`" ] ). This adding characters is an obscene bodge (: Steve
