On Sun, Jan 11, 2004 at 04:55:15PM +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. -- -- Jos Vos <jos@xxxxxx> -- X/OS Experts in Open Systems BV | Phone: +31 20 6938364 -- Amsterdam, The Netherlands | Fax: +31 20 6948204