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remove_sp.sh: line 27: syntax error near unexpected token `else'
remove_sp.sh: line 27: `        else $LINE >> REJFILE'

#!/bin/sh
FILENAME="$1"
TIMEFILE="/home/mediator/INNGPPS/temp/loopfile.out">$TIMEFILE
NEWFILE="/home/mediator/INNGPPS/temp/new0118">$TIMEFILE
REJFILE="/home/mediator/INNGPPS/temp/rej0118">$TIMEFILE
THIS_SCRIPT=$(basename $0)
######################################
function usage
{
echo "\nUSAGE: $THIS_SCRIPT file_to_process\n"
echo "OR - To send the output to a file use: "
echo "\n$THIS_SCRIPT file_to_process > output_file_name 2>&1 \n"
exit 1
}
######################################
function while_read_LINE
{
cat $FILENAME | while read LINE
do
 count=0
 for letter in $LINE
 do
  count=`expr $count + 1`
 done 
 if [ $count < 500 ] then 
  $LINE >> NEWFILE
 	else $LINE >> REJFILE
 fi
done
}
######################################
########### START OF MAIN ############
######################################
# Looking for exactly one parameter
(( $# == 1 )) || usage

# Does the file exist as a regular file?
[[ -f $1 ]] || usage

echo "\nStarting File Processing of each Method\n"
echo "Method 1:"
echo "\nfunction while_read_LINE\n" >> $TIMEFILE
echo "function while_read_LINE"
#time while_read_LINE >> $TIMEFILE
while_read_LINE

..
if [ $count < 500 ] then 
  $LINE >> NEWFILE
 	else $LINE >> REJFILE
....

function while_read_LINE
{
while read LINE; do
 count=0
 count=`echo $line | wc -c` 
 if [ $count -lt 500 ]; then 
     echo $LINE >> NEWFILE
 else 
     echo $LINE >> REJFILE
 fi
done
} < $FILENAME

awk '{ if (length < 500 ) { print $0 > "file1" }  else { print $0 > "file2" } }'  filename