04-10-2008
tell me whats wrong in this?
#! /bin/bash
head -5 $1
echo "remove $1 ?"
read answer
if ["$answer"=""]
then
echo invalid answer
elif["$answer"="y"]
rm $1
echo "$1 is deleted"
elif["$answer"="n"]
then
echo file is not deleted
else
echo "invalid answer"
fi
What i really want this to do is to ask to delete the file or not..it says something wrong with the line9..i cant see anything wrong there..guys please help me..
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srvsearch
RULI(1) General Commands Manual RULI(1)
NAME
srvsearch, sync_srvsearch, smtpsearch, sync_smtpsearch, httpsearch, sync_httpsearch, ruli-getaddrinfo
- Sample programs for RULI Library (RFC 2782)
SYNOPSIS
echo _service._protocol.nongnu.org | ruli-getaddrinfo
echo _service._protocol.nongnu.org | srvsearch [ options ]
echo _service._protocol.nongnu.org | sync_srvsearch [ options ]
echo nongnu.org | smtpsearch [ options ]
echo nongnu.org | sync_smtpsearch [ options ]
echo nongnu.org | httpsearch [ options ]
echo nongnu.org | sync_httpsearch [ options ]
DESCRIPTION
This manual page documents briefly sample programs for the ruli(3) library.
ruli is a library aimed at querying DNS SRV resource records.
OPTIONS
For http searches, one can force the port number by specifying it as the first option.
search Use the resolver search list defined in '/etc/resolv.conf'.
need_ra
Require RA (Recursion Available) bit in the name server answer.
noinet Don't fetch IPv4 addresses.
noinet6
Don't fetch IPv6 addresses.
uri_port
Assume the specified default port was forced by the user-supplied URI.
nowalk Don't search addresses missing from the name server answer.
nofall Don't launch fallback queries for addresses, if the SRV query fails.
nosort6
Don't sort the address list to give preference to IPv6 addresses.
EXAMPLES
echo _telnet._tcp.nongnu.org | ruli-getaddrinfo
echo _smtp._tcp.nongnu.org | srvsearch search
echo _smtp._tcp.nongnu.org | sync_srvsearch search noinet6
echo nongnu.org | smtpsearch noinet
echo nongnu.org | sync_smtpsearch nowalk nofall
echo nongnu.org | httpsearch noinet6
echo nongnu.org | sync_httpsearch 80
SEE ALSO
ruli(3)
AUTHOR
This manual page was written by Everton da Silva Marques <evertonsm@yahoo.com.br>.
October 08, 2004 RULI(1)