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From: "Gary Chrysler" <tcg@ime.net>
To: "Thomas David Rivers" <ponds!ponds!rivers>,
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Subject: Re: sh shell script help needed!
Date: Mon, 30 Sep 1996 13:01:07 -0400
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I thank you for the explanation, Though it turned out to be
the fact that I use a csh (tcsh) shell.
The addition of: #!/bin/sh, Solved my troubles!

The missing ';' was actually a typo.

-Enjoy
Gary
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> From: Thomas David Rivers <ponds!rivers@dg-rtp.dg.com>
> To: tcg@ime.net; ponds!freebsd.org!questions@dg-rtp.dg.com
> Subject: Re: sh shell script help needed!
> Date: Monday, September 30, 1996 9:16 AM
> 
> > 
> > 
> > What am I doing wrong here?? (Yes, I know it's me :)
> > Such a simple thing and I can't get it to work!
> > 
> > 	# test script
> > 	# based on /etc/rc usage of if
> > 	if [ $1 = yes ] then
> 
>   Here's your problem..
> 
>   the 'then' part of an 'if' must be on a separate 'line'.  This can be
>  accomplished by physically moving the then to the next line (which is 
>  what I prefer) or by inserting the ';' separator...
> 
>    As in:
> 
> 	if [ $1 = yes ]
>   	then
> 	  echo Yes
> 	fi
> 
>   or
> 
> 	if [ $1 = yes ] ; then
> 	  echo Yes
> 	fi
> 
> 
>  Now, your next question should be "That seems pretty dumb - why is it
so?"
> 
>  The problem is that (logically, if not actually) the 'if' statement 
> actually runs a program, in this instance, a program named '[' which is
> a link to a program named 'test'.  This program is presumed to accept
> arguments, which are in your case "$1 = yes ]".  (Note that ']' is not
> the close of '[', it is an (ignored) argument to the 'test' program.)
> 
>  So, the shell needs to determine when the arguments are over, and
> where the 'then' is.  You do that by inserting a command separator (the
';')
> or by putting the 'then' on the next line.
> 
>   Hope this helps
> 
> 	- Dave Rivers -
> 
> > ramillia {1377} ./test yes
> > if: Expression Syntax
> > ramillia {1378}
> > 
> > Such an easy thing... ... I've tried every variation I can think of
while
> > crusing through stuff in /etc
> > 
> > Thanks.
> > 
> > -Enjoy
> > Gary