The grep -c output command?

From: Russell Johnson <rkj_at_loyno.edu>
Date: Sat, 24 Jan 1998 15:15:30 -0600 (CST)

Gurus,
Is there anyway to make an if statement with grep -c
so if 0 will print to a file?
for username in `cat /home/root/alist `
do
 if [ grep -c -E $username /home/root/reallist ]
 then
 echo $username >> try.1
 fi
done
thanks,
 
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