But what if command blah does not output anything? In this
case, $a is null, as it is when the command fails.
Steven Lembark wrote:
> Is there a way to check for the success/failure of the actual remote
> command when using rsh?
$a=$(rsh blah);
and parse $a for output for an indication of the blah
command succeeding or failing.
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