On Sun, Jan 11, 2004 at 05:11:34PM +0100, Hans Müller wrote: > > > #!/bin/sh > > > Zeilen= echo `cat /tmp/test.txt |wc -l` > > > if [ $Zeilen > 3 ]; then > > > echo "Update"; > > > else > > > echo "kein Update"; > > > fi > > > > Use: > > > > Zeilen=`cat /tmp/test.txt |wc -l` > > > > And then it will work. > sorry i will not work. > i get the message: > ./test.sh line 2: 4: command not found > Kein Update Does this *exact* piece of code not work? #!/bin/sh Zeilen=`cat /tmp/test.txt |wc -l` if [ $Zeilen > 3 ]; then echo "Update"; else echo "kein Update"; fi Sorry to say, but I don't believe that, you seem to have made a mistake and I'm almost sure you put a blank after the "=" sign, which means something *completely* different then what I suggested. -- -- Jos Vos <jos@xxxxxx> -- X/OS Experts in Open Systems BV | Phone: +31 20 6938364 -- Amsterdam, The Netherlands | Fax: +31 20 6948204
