Hi,

how about:


cd "$1"

if [ $? != '0' ]; then
  echo "damn."
  exit;
fi


greetings,
vitaminx


2009/6/28 Soren Orel <soren.o...@gmail.com>

> 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
>
> thank you!
>



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