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Silencing the line "echo test > test/test.txt" in a shell script

I tried surrounding it with set +v and set -v but that did not do what I want. It always echo's test to stdout along with the file. It's line 15 below:

Code:

#!/bin/bash

echo "Testing Floppy..."

mkdir test

if [ ! -d test ]

  then

    echo "Problem creating directory."

    exit 1

fi

touch test/test.txt

if [ ! -f test/test.txt ]

  then

    echo "Problem creating file."

    exit 1

fi

echo test > test/test.txt

if ! cat test/test.txt | grep -e test

  then

    echo "Problem writing to file."

    exit 1

fi

rm test/test.txt

if [ -f test/test.txt ]

  then

    echo "Problem deleting file."

    exit 1

fi

rm -r test

if [ -d test ]

  then

    echo "Problem deleting directory."

    exit 1

fi

if [ -a test/test.txt -o -a test ]

  then

    echo "Curiouser and curiouser. Things are FUBAR."

    exit 1

fi

echo "No problems, floppy drive is good!"

Heh yes, floppies.

It's grep which needs to be silenced. Try

Code:

if ! cat test/test.txt | grep -q -e test

Thanks, and that's why I always post full source, never know if I actually know what a problem is.