I'm going nowhere at the moment with this VERY simple bash script, can someone help please?
All I need to do is check the value of one of the command line parameters and conditionally perform a task
1 #!/bin/bash 2 printf "Type = $6" 3 if [$6 == 'F'] 4 then 5 Do the task 6 fi 7 Do other tasks
I keep getting:
Type = Q line 3: [Q: Command not found
Add a space between the "[" and the "$6"; since "$6" is "Q", without the space you're trying to run a command "[Q", which doesn't exist. Also it's a good idea to put double quotes around parameters in case the parameter turns out to be empty (non-existent):
#!/bin/bash echo "Type = $6" if [ "$6" == 'F' ]; then Do the task fi Do other tasks
Also, does someone have a 'simple' bash scripting resource they could point me to? I can find plenty of advanced scripting pages but founf nothing with the above example that worked.
Try http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Bash-Prog-Intro-HOWTO.html
Paul.
