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   5 Copyright 2008 Javier Merino <cibervicho@gmail.com>
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  23 <!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook V4.4//EN"
  24 "file:///usr/share/xml/docbook/schema/dtd/4.4/docbookx.dtd"
  25 []>
  26
  27 <refentry>
  28         <refentryinfo>
  29                 <address>
  30                         <email>cibervicho@gmail.com</email>
  31                 </address>
  32                 <author>
  33                         <firstname>Javier</firstname>
  34                         <surname>Merino</surname>
  35                 </author>
  36                 <date>2008-05-01</date>
  37         </refentryinfo>
  38
  39         <refmeta>
  40                 <refentrytitle>ifne</refentrytitle>
  41                 <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
  42         </refmeta>
  43
  44         <refnamediv>
  45                 <refname>ifne</refname>
  46                 <refpurpose>Run command if the standard input is not empty</refpurpose>
  47         </refnamediv>
  48
  49         <refsynopsisdiv>
  50                 <cmdsynopsis>
  51                         <command>ifne [-n] command</command>
  52                 </cmdsynopsis>
  53         </refsynopsisdiv>
  54
  55         <refsect1>
  56                 <title>DESCRIPTION</title>
  57
  58                 <para><command>ifne</command> runs the following command if and only if
  59                         the standard input is not empty.</para>
  60         </refsect1>
  61
  62         <refsect1>
  63                 <title>OPTIONS</title>
  64
  65                 <variablelist>
  66                         <varlistentry>
  67                                 <term><option>-n</option></term>
  68                                 <listitem>
  69                                         <para>Reverse operation. Run the command if the standard input is empty.</para>
  70                                         <para>Note that if the standard input is not empty, it is passed through ifne
  71                                         in this case.</para>
  72                                 </listitem>
  73                         </varlistentry>
  74                 </variablelist>
  75         </refsect1>
  76
  77         <refsect1>
  78                 <title>EXAMPLE</title>
  79                 <cmdsynopsis>
  80                         <command>find . -name core | ifne mail -s "Core files found" root</command>
  81                 </cmdsynopsis>
  82         </refsect1>
  83
  84         <refsect1>
  85                 <title>AUTHOR</title>
  86
  87                 <para>Copyright 2008 by Javier Merino &lt;cibervicho@gmail.com&gt;</para>
  88                 <para>Licensed under the GNU GPL</para>
  89         </refsect1>
  90
  91 </refentry>