Basic shell script

[barryp]

Please, for a beginner, what is wrong with

echo "Are you sure ?"
read reply
if [ $reply="y" ]
then
echo "you indicated yes"
else
echo "you indicated no"
fi

 

[danielhozac]

You need spaces on both sides of the equal sign. And you should use something like

if [ x$reply = xy ]

because just $reply = y will cause errors when $reply is empty. //Daniel

 

[barryp]

Thanks Daniel

 

[danielhozac]

Also note that there is a special forum here on Tek-Tips for UNIX scripting. If you have other questions later, you might want to ask them there. //Daniel