Else in If Statements

chapmana · #1 (**permalink**) 11-30-2006

Sorry to be a pain, but how does the else work in the if statements?

Ive been making scripts with if statements but i cant get the else statements working.

Can you help?

anbu23 · #2 (**permalink**) 11-30-2006

can you show your script?

chapmana · #3 (**permalink**) 11-30-2006

well i haven't used the else in a script but for instance

if [ $choice = 1 ]

then

echo "cool its working"

exit 1

else

echo "not working try again"

sh andy1

fi

is this the correct way to use it

anbu23 · #4 (**permalink**) 11-30-2006

Quote:

Originally Posted by chapmana

well i haven't used the else in a script but for instance

if [ $choice = 1 ]

then

echo "cool its working"

exit 1

else

echo "not working try again"

sh andy1

fi

is this the correct way to use it

If you are comparing with numbers use -eq option

Code:

if [ $choice -eq 1 ]

Other than equal, rest is ok.

chapmana · #5 (**permalink**) 11-30-2006

so the eq means if its not equal to 1 then its not correct? is that right?

anbu23 · #6 (**permalink**) 11-30-2006

-eq means equal
-ne means not equal

Code:

if [ $choice -eq 1 ]

if choice is equal to one then print "cool its working" and then exit the script with one.

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