Script Help

[karlp at ourldsfamily.com]

Okay, I use bash scripts for my CGI and I have a page I'd like to get "real"
counts on, so I wrote a script that has a whole bunch of && line extensions.

I'd like to write a script that could be called with a single environment
variable assigned a value and have it return either true or false, with
another variable set with an error or response of some type.

What would the syntax be to check a bunch of conditions and exit on the first
match rather than hitting every 'if'

IE:

PV=`echo $HTTP_USER_AGENT|grep msnbot` ; processvar
(or Gigabot or WISEnutbot or inktomisearch, etc.)
processvar

where processvar now =

processvar () {
 if [ "$PV" = '0' ] ; then ;# control number only
  cat $FNM | mail -s "Access to $ACCESS" karlp ;# to send email to me
 else
  cat $FNM | mail -s "WebBot Access to $ACCESS" karlp
  PV=0
 fi
}

Currently my syntax results in as many positive hits (and the resultant emails
about a WebBot) as I have search engines I trace.

Frankly, I could go back to the previous syntax, but it's very annoying to add
things to. I'd like to get to the point where I put a search phrase in a file
and do a   for i in $VAR..do loop

Help?

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