[SC.LUG] a simple script

[Andrew Hutchings]

On Wednesday 25 January 2006 22:50, Simeon Farrington wrote:

> #!/bin/sh
>
> cat ~/mail/Inbox | grep "To: " > /tmp/chk
> CHK="To:"
> echo `cat /tmp/chk | cut -c 1-4 | tail -1` > /tmp/chk2
> if [ `cat /tmp/chk2`  == "" ]; then
> exit 0
> elif [ `cat /tmp/chk2`  = "$CHK" ]; then
> beep -f 400
> fi
>

for starers I can't remember if the 'if' lines are single equals or double in 
bash but try using eq instead.  The echo line might be simpler if you use 
`tail -n1 /tmp/chk2 | cut -c 1 4` > /tmp/chk2

Regards
Andrew

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