if then statements
 

say i wanted to ask a yes or no question and print diffent answers depending on the answer..... how would i go about do that

bash script


all help is appreciated

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Tink

it didnt help... thanks there

#!/bin/bash
#I'm rather newbie in bash script :)

echo Enter yes or no please :)
read var
if ["$var" = yes]
then
echo You entered yes
elif ["$var" = no]
echo You entered no
else
echo Can not evaluate answer
fi

also you can use "case" instead of "if" .