How do I use a file grep comparison inside a bash if/else statement?
- by openid_kenja
When our server comes up we need to check a file to see how the server is configured.
We want to search for the following string inside our /etc/aws/hosts.conf file:
MYSQL_ROLE=master
Then, we want to test whether that string exists and use an if/else statement to run one of two options depending on whether the string exists or not.
What is the BASH syntax for the if statement?
if [ ????? ]; then
#do one thing
else
#do another thing
fi
