charles f. zeitler wrote:
> i'm having problems with getting a while loop to work.
> this script:
>
> #!/bin/bash
>
>
> while [ 1 ]
> do
> done
>
> when run, gives these error messages:
>
> /home/fedora/0_scripts/done.ba: line 6: syntax error near unexpected token
> `done'
> /home/fedora/0_scripts/done.ba: line 6: `done'
>
> at the command line,
>
> while [ 1 ] ; do ; done
>
> gives: bash: syntax error near unexpected token `;'
The syntax in the bash man page is:
while list; do list; done
You're missing 'list' after do. You need to do something in the loop.
This works (not that it's useful):
while [ 1 ]; do echo "through the loop we go"; done
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