X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:05:16 -0400 From: Reid Thompson To: cygwin@cygwin.com Cc: Reid Thompson Subject: Re: Bash - IF Statement Message-ID: <20091027200516.GA16005@ateb.com> Reply-To: Reid Thompson References: <26084169.post@talk.nabble.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <26084169.post@talk.nabble.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 01:01:38PM -0700, briglass111 wrote: > > I am trying to write an IF Statement in Bash, but I am having issues. It > doesn't like the following format: > > echo "yes or no?" > read T > > if ["$T"="y"]; > then > echo "YES" > fi > > .............. It also doesn't like the following alternatives: > > if [$T="y"]; > if ["$T"=="y"]; > if [$T=="y"]; > if "$T"="y"; > if [["$T"="y"]]; > > etc.. > > It says: > y=y: command not found > > Ideas? > -- > View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Bash---IF-Statement-tp26084169p26084169.html > Sent from the Cygwin list mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > > -- > Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html > FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ > Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html > Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple > try if [ "$T" = "y" ]; -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple