Re: Passing the results of GREP into a Bash Variable

[Chet Ramey]

>     I am working on a script that requires the result of a grep to be
> piped or entered into a variable for an if, then, else check. Is that at
> all possible?

If you want the results that grep prints to the standard output, use
command substitution:

GREPOUT=$(grep ...)

If you want the exit status of grep, use $?:

grep ...
GREPSTAT=$?

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