ifne

Run command if the standard input is not empty

Provided by: moreutils (Version: 0.66-1)
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SYNOPSIS

ifne [-n] command

DESCRIPTION

ifne runs the following command if and only if the standard input is not empty.

OPTIONS

-n

Reverse operation. Run the command if the standard input is empty.

Note that if the standard input is not empty, it is passed through ifne in this case.

EXAMPLE

find . -name core | ifne mail -s "Core files found" root

AUTHOR

Copyright 2008 by Javier Merino <cibervicho@gmail.com>

Licensed under the GNU GPL