Missing ] in script 1

[chuckster43]

I'm using #!/bin/csh shell and the 'if' statements are formatted in the following fashion:

if [ $var -eq $var2 ]; then
if [ $var -eq <integer> ]' then
run this command
else
run alternate command
fi
else
if [ $var3 -le <negative integer> ]; then
run this command
else
run alternate command
fi
fi


When I run it, I get an error message of &quot;Missing ]&quot;

Can anyone see what is causing this? I'd appreciate any assistance on this.

Thanks,

 

[sampsonr]

The syntax you're using is appropriate for sh, not csh. Change the first line to #!/bin/sh.

Also, the line:
if [ $var -eq <integer> ]' then
should should have a semi-colon before the &quot;then&quot;, not a single-quote.

 

[Birbone]

yea, what sampsonr said

-B
birbone@earthlink.net

 

[chuckster43]

I would prefer to use /bin/sh, however I am unable to get the variables indentified in the sh. Perhaps it is an ENV problem. Does anyone have a good example of the PATH settings?

 

[Birbone]

Try removing the ' and the ; that appears after the brackets, and then step through it again and see what type of message you receive.

if [ $var -eq $var2 ]
then
if [ $var -eq <integer> ]
then
run this command
else
run alternate command
fi
else
if [ $var3 -le <negative integer> ]
then
run this command
else
run alternate command
fi
fi


-B
birbone@earthlink.net

 

[chuckster43]

The ' was a typo when I was writing the first question - it is a ; in the program ;-)

It doesn't want to respond in the /bin/sh so I'm still thinking it might be environmental.

Any thoughts?

 

[chuckster43]

The problem is fixed, YEA!!! The situation was that the installed ENV was in the Korn environment. Once that was determined it was a simple task of changing the &quot;[&quot;'s to &quot;(&quot;'s, with the addition of another &quot;(&quot; and taking the &quot;$&quot; from the called variable. Now it runs great. DUH, I can feel really dump some times. This will teach me to check the ENV first.

Thanks for all the info