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Old 10-28-2010
Cygwin and simple script with if
I am having an issue with using cygwin (on Windows XP). My script errors on if -command. The script here works fine on Linux, but cygwin fails...
Code:
#!/bin/sh
if [ "$1" == "test" ] then
    echo "Test"
fi

The error -message:
./ShellTest.sh: line 4: syntax error near unexpected token `fi'
./ShellTest.sh: line 4: `fi'

Any suggestions on this...?
# 2  
Old 10-28-2010
Remove the carriage returns from the file if you've used a windows editor:
Code:
tr -d '\r' < dosfile > unixfile
mv unixfile dosfile

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