> > I'm having difficulty with the following script: I'm having difficulty with the problem.
> > SYNHOST=caalt04 > > > > if echo `ping -c 1 $SYNHOST` | grep -q "1 received"; then Works fine: sh -c 'if echo `ping -c 1 localhost` | grep -q "1 received" ; then echo Y; else echo N; fi' Y The variable substitution is of no consequence. > sh --version GNU bash, version 3.1.17(1)-release (i586-suse-linux-gnu) > Your syntax is wrong. > > if [ echo `ping -c 1 $SYNHOST` | grep -q "1 received" ]; then Oops. You need another coffee ;))) After if follows a command to execute. echo is fine, as is test and [. If you do put [ or test, you are subject to the argument syntax of those commands, and echo is not part of that. Volker -- Volker Kuhlmann is list0570 with the domain in header http://volker.dnsalias.net/ Please do not CC list postings to me.
