Jonathon McKitrick <jcm at xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in news:20040219231954.GB58630 at xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx: > netstat -rn | grep -q tun > retval=$? > > # if not, dial in > if [ $retval -eq 0 ]; then Wouldn't $retval never contain anything other than 0? -q keeps grep from printing anything, as I recall.