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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting If / elif Post 302837631 by nnani on Friday 26th of July 2013 09:08:05 AM
Old 07-26-2013
If / elif
Hello all,

I have a scenario where I take user input values and accordingly take actions

say I run a script with

sh scriptname -x GB -e txt (txt can also be text)
I have used if clause for the first input (-x GB)and it is working fine
Now for second the scenario is
Code:
if [ "$3" != "-e" -o -z "$4" ]
then 
echo incorrect parameters
elif [ "$3" == "-e" -a "4" == "txt" ]
then
echo " this is a txt file"
elif [ "$3" == "-e" -a "$4" == "text" ]
then
echo "the file is a text file"
fi

This snippet is not working properly.
What ever I pass the parameter, it accepts and shows me "the file is a txt file"

Any help on this appreciated
 

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