yanbq yet another bash question

bejiita · 09-05-2005, 10:02 AM

I use my laptop at home and @ work where both are running WEP and I have already written working scripts that connect me to either network
im trying to write a script that will decide which other script to call based on my input ive gotten this far and every time I keep running into errors. could someone please help.
im sure theres something im overlooking by far

#!/bin/bash -i
read -e -p "Where are you:"
if [$answer -eq 'home']; then
sh wlanH.sh
fi
exit 0

Hko · 09-05-2005, 10:48 AM

You need spaces around [ and ].

bejiita · 09-05-2005, 11:16 AM

both sides of the braces, or inside/outside

Hko · 09-05-2005, 03:13 PM

What happened when you tried?

chrism01 · 09-06-2005, 02:50 AM

Actually, for strings, bash uses '=' eg http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Bash-Prog-Intro-HOWTO-11.html and yes, spaces inside the square braces between each item and the braces themselves.

bigearsbilly · 09-06-2005, 08:50 AM

how about:

Code:

select loc in home work;do
   case $loc in 
      home)
           echo blah home
           ;;
      work)
          echo blah work
          ;;
esac
break
done

a bit neater?

bejiita · 09-06-2005, 08:56 AM

hey thx man, I was thinkin may I should use a case statement rather than an if-then, thx ill let ya know

bigearsbilly · 09-06-2005, 08:59 AM

pleasure

bejiita · 09-06-2005, 09:03 AM

it works thx