Help with IF Condition Syntax

Shell Programming and Scripting
1

Hi. I expect the following unix script command to return 8:

ls -ltr dropez* | grep -c dropez

I can't seem to find the correct syntax (borne shell), can anyone help be to write an IF condition something like this:

IF (ls -ltr dropez* | grep -c dropez) = 8 THEN
...do stuff
ELSE
...do other stuff
END IF

2 
#!/bin/sh

if [ `ls -ltr dropez* | grep -c dropez` -eq 8 ]; then
   do stuff
else
   do other stuff
fi
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Thanks so much for taking the time to help. Much appreciated.

4

#!/bin/ksh
CHECKFOUND=`ls -ltr dropez* | grep -c dropez`
if [[ ${CHECKFOUND} -eq "8" ]]
then
do stuff
else
do other stuff
fi

this solution is very similar, but In this way, you have available the counter "${CHECKFOUND}"

5 
if ( set -- dropez*; [ $# -eq 8 ] ); then
  ..do stuff
else
  ..do other stuff 
fi