On Mon, Mar 01, 2010 at 05:12:15PM +0100, Geoff Galitz wrote: > I'd do it like this: > > grep medintux /etc/group > if [ $? != 0 ]; then > echo "Group not found" > fi Or allow for naming services (NIS, LDAP, whatever) if [ -z "$(getent group medintux)" ] then groupadd .... fi -- rgds Stephen