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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting IF loop syntax error Post 302612309 by Ironguru on Sunday 25th of March 2012 04:13:16 PM
Old 03-25-2012
IF loop syntax error
I am trying to run a menu option though IF loops. I keep getting errors not allowed the menu to be processed correctly. Currently it will accept the first 2 statements but then crash on the 3rd. The 2nd and 3rd have the same syntax, so I do not understand why it breaks.

Code:
#!/bin/bash

while true; do

    read -p "Enter project number (1/2/3/10/20/30):"
    $menu
    
    if [ $menu -eq 1 ]; then
    {    
    echo "1"
    }
    elif [ $menu -eq 2 ]; then
    {
    echo "2"
    {
    elif [ $menu -eq 3 ]; then
    {
    echo "3"
    {
    elif [ "$menu" == "10" ]; then
    {
    echo "10"
    {
    elif [ "$menu" == "20" ]; then
    {
    echo "20"
    {
    elif [ "$menu" == "30" ]; then
    {
    echo "30"
    {    
    fi

read -p "Would you like to process another project? [y/n]" yn
case $yn in
    [Yy]* ) ;;
    [Nn]* ) exit;;
        * ) echo "Please select proper entry:";;
    esac
done

 

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DH_INSTALLMENU(1)						     Debhelper							 DH_INSTALLMENU(1)

NAME

       dh_installmenu - install Debian menu files into package build directories

SYNOPSIS

       dh_installmenu [debhelperoptions] [-n]

DESCRIPTION

       dh_installmenu is a debhelper program that is responsible for installing files used by the Debian menu package into package build
       directories.

       It also automatically generates the postinst and postrm commands needed to interface with the Debian menu package. These commands are
       inserted into the maintainer scripts by dh_installdeb(1).

FILES

       debian/package.menu
	   Debian menu files, installed into usr/share/menu/package in the package build directory. See menufile(5) for its format.

       debian/package.menu-method
	   Debian menu method files, installed into etc/menu-methods/package in the package build directory.

OPTIONS

       -n, --no-scripts
	   Do not modify postinst/postrm scripts.

SEE ALSO

       debhelper(7) update-menus(1) menufile(5)

       This program is a part of debhelper.

AUTHOR

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