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Title: Execute a script when the output of a command has a specific string
ID: /2018/07/29/Execute-a-script-when-the-output-of-a-command-has-a-specific-string
Created: July 29, 2018
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I would use this:

[[ $(Command1) == 1234 ]] && Command2

The [[ and ]] tests if the condition inside is true
&& executes Command2 if the condition tested true
$(...) executes command inside parenthesis and returns output (what was echoed inside Command1 ```

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