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Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com> writes:

> Here we go in nitwit mode...  Do you mean something as simple as:
>
> cat process_exp.ksh
>    #!/bin/ksh
>
>    if grep '^From:.*larsi@' >/dev/null;then
>       echo "sacred_keepers"
>    fi

Well, kind of.  `shell-command' doesn't return the output from the
command; it returns the exit status.  So you have to capture the
output from the command.

> Or does the name have to wear more adorment like "nnml:sacred_keepers"

Yes.

> If this is all it takes then a semi-complex case statement could pick
> from almost any number of targets.  Oh.. is "/dev/null" amongst the
> legitimate stings to return?

No.

> Do the groups have to exist?

No.

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