Re: offtopic - unix command

Haven't used rsh in many many moons (ssh is the correct way these daze), and I have no way to test this but maybe it will work.

RTN=$(rsh otherbox "mycmd parm1 parm2 ; [ ${?} -eq 0 ] && echo OKAY || echo FAILED")
if echo ${RTN} | grep OKAY 1>/dev/null 2>&1 then
  echo GOOD
else
  echo BAD
fi

Another option for the first line might be:

RTN=$(rsh otherbox "if mycmd parm1 parm2 then
  echo OKAY
else
  echo FAILED
fi
)

And even another option for the first line is:

RTN=$(rsh otherbox "[ mycmd parm1 parm2 ] && echo OKAY || echo FAILED")

If you give my the ip address, the username, and add "+" to your .rhosts file I would be happy to try it out...lol

Brian P. MacLean
Oracle DBA, OCP8i

                                                                                                                                       
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But what if command blah does not output anything? In this case, $a is null, as it is when the command fails.

Steven Lembark wrote:

> Is there a way to check for the success/failure of the actual remote
> command when using rsh?

    $a=$(rsh blah);

and parse $a for output for an indication of the blah command succeeding or failing.

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