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Old 03-11-2013
If statement Syntax error
Hi

Can you please tell me what is wrong with this line:

Code:
  if [ [ "${x}" = "12" ] && [ ! "$F" =~ \.g$ ]]; then

basically i want to check if x = 12 and F (Filename) end with 'g'. But it is throwing syntax error.
# 2  
Old 03-11-2013
Drop the first square bracket and add one to the second test.
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Old 03-11-2013
You mean to say like this : if [ "${ptype}" = "sql" && [[ ! "$F" =~ \.sql$ ]]]; then

but this line also gives error

Code:
syntax error in conditional expression
syntax error near `;'
if [ "${ptype}" = "sql" && [[ ! "$F" =~ \.sql$ ]]]; then'

Last edited by radoulov; 03-11-2013 at 06:52 AM..
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Old 03-11-2013
Code:
 if [ "${ptype}" = "sql" ] && [[ ! "$F" =~ \.sql$ ]]; then

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Old 03-11-2013
Code:
if [ ${x} -eq 12 ] && [ $(echo "$f" | grep -Ec ".sql$") -eq 0 ];

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Old 03-11-2013
In this way the test is true only if ptype="sql" and F ends with "sql":
Code:
if [[ "${ptype}" = "sql" ]] && [[ "$F" =~ \.sql$ ]]; then

# 7  
Old 03-11-2013
It worked . Thank You
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