I would like to get a return value 2 if command successful

[RajShekar]

I want the below statement to return the value 2 if the ls command returns any files?

rc=$(rsh -l dmnida kdnidp02 "ls ${ZW_MONTHLY_PATH}${SD_FILE}.sum 2>/dev/null

 

[vgersh99]

untested....

rc=$(rsh -l dmnida kdnidp02 "if [ -f ${ZW_MONTHLY_PATH}${SD_FILE}.sum ]; then echo 2;fi;)

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[PHV]

return the value 2
where ?

 

[RajShekar]

I want to assign rc=2 if ls command lists any files.

 

[PHV]

Ah, OK you may try this:
rc=$(rsh -l dmnida kdnidp02 "ls ${ZW_MONTHLY_PATH}${SD_FILE}.sum 2>/dev/null")
[ -z "$rc" ] || rc=2

Hope This Helps, PH.
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