Charles Steinkuehler wrote: > > > I would have done something like: > > > > if [ ps ax | grep -v grep | grep -q /usr/sbin/pppd ] > > You can generally replace 'wc -l' with sed -n '$=', although you won't get a > zero output if there are no lines.
I know about this construct, using two (2) sed's: sed -n = | sed -n '$p' On Dachstein-CD: sed -n '$=' returns: sed: -e expression #1, char 1: Unknown command: ``?'' What do you think? -- Best Regards, mds mds resource 888.250.3987 Dare to fix things before they break . . . Our capacity for understanding is inversely proportional to how much we think we know. The more I know, the more I know I don't know . . . _______________________________________________ Leaf-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user