Here is my script,

if [-d /srv/srv/dir1/]; then

server_status=some command | grep "server may be down"

if ["server_status" = "server may be down"]; then
echo "server $(hostname) is down " >> /home/uname/filename
else
echo "server $(hostname) is OK " >> /home/uname/filename
fi

fi


if I dont have else condition in the script and when I run this script, I dont see any output file. Instead, I get some output right away on the screen. I checked and the 2nd line of the code generating that out put. I just want to have echo "server $(hostname) is down " in the out put file which I'm not getting.

when I run the above script with else condition, I get error to the screen that server is down, but i see server is ok in the file. Any ideas. Thanks

If you want the output of some command | grep "server may be down" stored in the variable server_status you have to use command substitution, that is:
but you can also embed the command in the if/then statement:

I'm still getting the output to the screen, and getting server is OK in the file even server is down. I tried with adding command substitution and also with the embed command in if/then statement. But no luck. Thanks

What is the complete output of "some command", before piping it to grep? Please use CODE tags to preserve spacing.

Thanks for your reply...Here is complete output before piping
Thanks

Maybe some command is writing to stderr rather than stdout. In that case this would do what you want