In ksh the bracket type is significant and important. It distinguishes between a "Test" and a "Conditional Expression". There is some common syntax but as soon as you get into boolean expressions they are quite different.
I have:
datafile contains 1234567890
>wc -c datafile | awk '{print $1}'
>11
The program
#!/bin/ksh
let n = (wc -c datafile | awk '{print $1}')
echo $n
I expect n to be 11 but it gives error message. What is wrong with this statement?
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I understand this question probably poses some child like stupidity, but I can't get this if statement to work for love or money.
#!/bin/ksh
echo "Input either 1 or 2"
read Num
if ; then
echo "Message 1"
if ; then
echo "Message 2"
else
echo "false"
fi
$ ksh decisions
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if
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read in1
until
do
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Hi guys,
im new to UNIX so bear with me.
would it be possible for me to create an if statement where i can have a key being entered and something happening after that. (bad explanation)
eg. If user enters letter 'q' then
close window or exit puTTy
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Hi.
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read num
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echo "This is not a valid number. Try again."
fi
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example:
KEY1="<< Response ... Total of 2 >> Sun Jun 19 15:30:18 2011 Tx Power Level is 27.7 Bm ~ "
if ];
then command;
else error;
fi
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Hi
I tried the below code where it is working properly
#!/bin/ksh
set -x
date1_data=abc.txt
date2_data=bcd.txt
if diff $date1_data $date2_data >/dev/null ; then
echo "Equal"
else
echo "Not Equal"
fi
Then I tried like below where i want to use only if fi not else part
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