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stepic

04-23-2009 01:34 AM

IF condition in shell command line

I have some trouble entering if-then condition in a single line on a command prompt.

I am trying this one:

Code:

a="1" ; if [ "$a" = "1" ]; then echo $a fi

The promt response with a > sign and I don't get the echo.

If I paste the same code into the command line, with enters, it returns the result as expected:

Code:

a="1" ; 

if [ "$a" = "1"  ]; then 

  echo $a 

fi

How could this be done in command line, using one line command?
Thanks.

acerlinux

04-23-2009 01:57 AM

a="1" ; if [ "$a" = "1" ]; then (hit Enter) echo $a (hitEnter) fi

it does need a character return i guess.

colucix

04-23-2009 02:07 AM

You missed a semi-colon

Code:

a="1"; if [ "$a" = "1" ]; then echo $a; fi

stepic

04-23-2009 02:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by colucix (Post 3518044)

You missed a semi-colon

Code:

a="1"; if [ "$a" = "1" ]; then echo $a; fi

You're absolutely right!
It works now.

Thank you.

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