Korn Shell question

[dba_admin]

The following code block is C shell and is working. Can some body "translate" it to Korn shell? Thank you!

if { ( cat ck_Alert.log|grep "Mi" >& /dev/null ) } then
echo "Find the pattern"
endif

[amar]

dummy=`grep -q "Mi" ck_Alert.log`
if [ $? -eq 0 ] ; then
echo "Find the pattern"
fi

-amar

[dba_admin]

amar,

You are so kind to provide this solution. However, I need to do the similar tests 10 times in my major script. I prefer to test the exit status in the "if condition" instead of testing seperately. I can do this on C shell. I just wonder if Korn shell can do the same thing. (I mean, do the cat-grep-test exit status in the same line.)

Thank you!

[sambavan]

if [[ -n `cat ck_Alert.log|grep "Mi"` ]]
then
echo "Found the pattern"
fi




Sam

[amar]

or, if you want to stick to "grep"..........

if [ `grep "Mi" ck_Alert.log | wc -l` -ne 0 ] ; then
echo found
fi

-amar

[dba_admin]

Thank you!!!