On 2020-08-02 07:26, Ed Greshko wrote:
> On 2020-08-02 07:05, Samuel Sieb wrote:
>> On 8/1/20 3:20 PM, Joe Zeff wrote:
>>> On 08/01/2020 03:06 PM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote:
>>>> Any way around grep and awk or Raku?
>>>>
>>>>       $ nmcli device status | grep eno2 | awk '{print $3}'
>>>>      connected
>>> nmcli device status | grep eno2 | grep connected
>>>
>>> This will either return connected, or a blank line, without using awk or 
>>> any other string manipulation.
>> Or even easier, you can send the output to null and check the exit code.
>> if nmcli device status | grep eno2 | grep connected > /dev/null; then
>>   # connected
>> else
>>   # not connected
>> fi
>>
> Actually, doesn't one have to be a bit more careful with the pattern?
>
> Notice what the status is for wlp4s0.
>
> [egreshko@meimei ~]$ if nmcli device status | grep wlp4s0 | grep connected > 
> /dev/null; then echo connected; else echo not connected; fi
> connected
>
> oops...
>

Forgot to include...

[egreshko@meimei ~]$ nmcli device status
DEVICE             TYPE      STATE         CONNECTION
enp2s0             ethernet  connected     enp2s0    
virbr0             bridge    connected     virbr0    
vnet0              tun       connected     vnet0     
78:00:9E:27:6B:3D  bt        disconnected  --        
wlp4s0             wifi      disconnected  --        
lo                 loopback  unmanaged     --        
virbr0-nic         tun       unmanaged     --

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