[SOLVED] [bash] if

RaptorX · 08-12-2009, 05:37 PM

Hi all,

I have a question.

when you use an if statement directly in bash you have to put the ";" at the end or not? or am I mixing it with the for loop?

I am reading advance bash scripting and it shows the if - then statements without ";" so I need a little clarification here.

thanks in advance

anomie · 08-12-2009, 05:47 PM

Example:

Code:

#!/bin/bash

foo='something'

if [ ${foo} == 'something' ]
then
  echo "first test passed"
fi

if [ ${foo} == 'something' ] ; then
  echo "second test passed"
fi

exit 0

Both are syntactically correct. (The second is marginally easier to read, IMO.)

RaptorX · 08-12-2009, 05:55 PM

thanks for the ups.

so basically ";" to continue in the same line, and empty if I make a new line with "then"