Hi I am new to shell script programming...
want to know the process of the following:
if
then
echo "$0: missing argument for option(s) :$MISSINGOPTARG"
echo "usage" $USAGE"
exit 1
fi (1 Reply)
Hi All,
Has been a while since I was last on, so I hope everyone has been doing fine. ;)
Would like to know if the below IF statement syntax is correct for a ksh environment. It's been pushed into live as someone had deleted the development copy(!); not withstanding that, the statement now... (3 Replies)
Hi,
Can you please help me with this one: I write an "if" statement, something like this:
if
then
echo "big file"
else
echo "normal file"
and I get an error: `'then is not expected
Thanks in advance (6 Replies)
I'm working on a function in a shell script I'm writing that will eventually take in and print out a list of vendor names and aliases (for my work) Here's the function in question:
addvendorandalias ()
{
echo
echo -n 'Would you like to create a new vendor list (y or n)? '
read answer... (3 Replies)
It saves me lot of typing and space/lines when I do not use full 'if' keyword and construct, instead use ..
&& <statement> || <statement>
that perfectly replaces..
if ; then
<statement>
else
<statement>
fi
Can I use following syntax when I want to add multiple statements under 'if'... (4 Replies)
Hi,
Is there a way to compare the value in if condition with a list of values.
eg . if ]
then
echo "it's a mammal"
else
echo "its not"
fi
Thanks! (8 Replies)
Hi
Can you please tell me what is wrong with this line:
if && ]; then
basically i want to check if x = 12 and F (Filename) end with 'g'. But it is throwing syntax error. (7 Replies)
I am getting the following error when I am running a script in ksh when trying to execute an if statement comparing two numerical values
tstmb.sh: 1.5321e+08: 0403-057 Syntax error
Below is my code snippet.
#!/bin/ksh
set -x
TODAY=$(date +%y%m%d)
for file in $(ls -rt *.log | tail... (11 Replies)
I want to make the file test condition a variable ($Prmshn in code below).
My goal is to use something like the first three unsuccessful if statetments since the 'if
#!/bin/ksh
test_input()
{
Prmshn=${1}
InFLNm=${2}
ifReq="-$Prmshn $InFLNm"
#the following three if statments fail:
#if ] ;... (10 Replies)
I'm new to unix and the command line and am trying to learn different commands. I have a file (teledir.txt) that contains a name and phone number for 3 different people. I am writing a script that is to take two positional parameters and I typed out how it should behave:
if <name and number... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: Eric7giants
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test
TEST(1) FSF TEST(1)NAME
test - check file types and compare values
SYNOPSIS
test EXPRESSION
[ EXPRESSION ]
test OPTION
DESCRIPTION
Exit with the status determined by EXPRESSION.
--help display this help and exit
--version
output version information and exit
EXPRESSION is true or false and sets exit status. It is one of:
( EXPRESSION )
EXPRESSION is true
! EXPRESSION
EXPRESSION is false
EXPRESSION1 -a EXPRESSION2
both EXPRESSION1 and EXPRESSION2 are true
EXPRESSION1 -o EXPRESSION2
either EXPRESSION1 or EXPRESSION2 is true
[-n] STRING
the length of STRING is nonzero
-z STRING
the length of STRING is zero
STRING1 = STRING2
the strings are equal
STRING1 != STRING2
the strings are not equal
INTEGER1 -eq INTEGER2
INTEGER1 is equal to INTEGER2
INTEGER1 -ge INTEGER2
INTEGER1 is greater than or equal to INTEGER2
INTEGER1 -gt INTEGER2
INTEGER1 is greater than INTEGER2
INTEGER1 -le INTEGER2
INTEGER1 is less than or equal to INTEGER2
INTEGER1 -lt INTEGER2
INTEGER1 is less than INTEGER2
INTEGER1 -ne INTEGER2
INTEGER1 is not equal to INTEGER2
FILE1 -ef FILE2
FILE1 and FILE2 have the same device and inode numbers
FILE1 -nt FILE2
FILE1 is newer (modification date) than FILE2
FILE1 -ot FILE2
FILE1 is older than FILE2
-b FILE
FILE exists and is block special
-c FILE
FILE exists and is character special
-d FILE
FILE exists and is a directory
-e FILE
FILE exists
-f FILE
FILE exists and is a regular file
-g FILE
FILE exists and is set-group-ID
-h FILE
FILE exists and is a symbolic link (same as -L)
-G FILE
FILE exists and is owned by the effective group ID
-k FILE
FILE exists and has its sticky bit set
-L FILE
FILE exists and is a symbolic link (same as -h)
-O FILE
FILE exists and is owned by the effective user ID
-p FILE
FILE exists and is a named pipe
-r FILE
FILE exists and is readable
-s FILE
FILE exists and has a size greater than zero
-S FILE
FILE exists and is a socket
-t [FD]
file descriptor FD (stdout by default) is opened on a terminal
-u FILE
FILE exists and its set-user-ID bit is set
-w FILE
FILE exists and is writable
-x FILE
FILE exists and is executable
Beware that parentheses need to be escaped (e.g., by backslashes) for shells. INTEGER may also be -l STRING, which evaluates to the length
of STRING.
AUTHOR
Written by FIXME: ksb and mjb.
REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICU-
LAR PURPOSE.
SEE ALSO
The full documentation for test is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and test programs are properly installed at your site, the
command
info test
should give you access to the complete manual.
GNU coreutils 4.5.3 February 2003 TEST(1)