Am 2009-06-28 11:39:55, schrieb Soren Orel: > I can /dev/null the error messages like: > > cd "$1" 2> /dev/null > > e.g.: I get error If "$1" has spaces in it > > Ok, but how can I grep the error message? I tried: > > if cd "$1" 2> grep -i "No such file or directory"; then echo "badbadbad"; > exit; fi > > But it doesn't work :S
You need to redirect it to STDOUT with:
if [ $(cd "$1" 2>&1 |grep -i "No such file or directory" ]
then echo "badbadbad" ; exit
fi
But I would prefer something like:
if [ $(cd "$1") -ne 0 ]
then echo "badbadbad" ; exit 1
fi
Thanks, Greetings and nice Day/Evening
Michelle Konzack
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