some dumb grep problems

poc.sh

@@ -4,11 +4,15 @@
 main() {
    set -e
    set -o pipefail
-   #set -x
+
 
    local output="${1:-$(mktemp -d)}"
    log "$output"
 
+   #set -x
+
+   #scrape_book_chapter  https://www.dndbeyond.com/compendium/rules/dmg/appendix-b-monster-lists
+
    #scrape_book_chapter https://www.dndbeyond.com/compendium/rules/phb/credits | less
 
    #list_chapters_in_book https://www.dndbeyond.com/sources/sdw
@@ -47,7 +51,7 @@ scrape_book() {
    local output="$1"
    local book_url="$2"
 
-   if [ -d "$output" ] && ls "$output"/* && [ ! -f "$output/.wip" ]; then
+   if [ -d "$output" ] && ls "$output"/* &> /dev/null && [ ! -f "$output/.wip" ]; then
       log "$book_url already in $output"
       return
    fi
@@ -129,11 +133,18 @@ html_to_markdown() {
       | sed "s/\\\\\([\"']\)/\1/g"
    )"
    local target="$(
-      (echo "$out" | grep -q '^##* Appendix' && echo Appendix) \
-      || (echo "$out" | grep -q '^##* Chapter' && echo Chapter) \
-      || (echo "$out" | grep -q '^##* Introduction' && echo Introduction) \
-      || (echo "$out" | grep -q '^##* Credits' && echo Credits) \
-      || echo Chapter
+      if echo "$out" | grep '^##* Appendix' &> /dev/null; then
+         echo Appendix
+      elif echo "$out" | grep '^##* Chapter' &> /dev/null; then
+         echo Chapter
+      elif echo "$out" | grep '^##* Introduction' &> /dev/null; then
+         echo Introduction
+      elif echo "$out" | grep '^##* Credits' &> /dev/null; then
+         echo Credits
+      else
+         log WARNING: NOTHING INDICITIVE OF TYPE OF CONTENT FOUND
+         echo Chapter
+      fi
    )"
    echo "$out" \
       | sed -e '/^# '"$target"'/p' -e '0,/^# '"$target"'/d'