I can't figure out what is wrong with following script.
#!/bin/bash
if [ "$1" = "x" ]
then
echo Pushing web on sharada to origin.
else if [ "$1" = "y" ]
then
echo Pulling web on sharada from origin.
else
echo "Usage : arg x to push or y to pull."
fi
I am on linux (Ubuntu) in xterm.
you are missing closing "fi" at the end.
the else if construct really is not an elif continuation, but instead the new if lives within the else clause of the previous if.
so, properly formatted you should have:
#!/bin/bash
if [ "$1" = "x" ]
then
echo Pushing web on sharada to origin.
else
if [ "$1" = "y" ]
then
echo Pulling web on sharada from origin.
else
echo "Usage : arg x to push or y to pull."
fi
fi # <-- this closes the first "if"
It should be elif, not else if, as shown below:
if [ "$1" = "x" ]
then
echo Pushing web on sharada to origin.
elif [ "$1" = "y" ]
then
echo Pulling web on sharada from origin.
else
echo "Usage : arg x to push or y to pull."
fi
You have two ifs, therefore you need two fis.
The problem described in the questioned has already been solved. I just wanted to share my experience here because the error message I got was the same, even if the reason and the solution was slightly different.
#!/bin/bash
echo "a"
if [ -f x.txt ]; then \
echo "b" \
fi;
echo "c"
This script produced the same error message and the solution was to add the missing semicolon to the end of the echo "b" line:
#!/bin/bash
echo "a"
if [ -f x.txt ]; then \
echo "b" ; \
fi;
echo "c"
The direct reason was the same as it was in the original question. The if didn't have its closing pair fi. The reason, however, was that the fi line blended into the previous line, due to the missing ; semicolon.
elifkeyword in bash (help iffor more info).bashcould not produce a better error.fiwas missingmissing fiin addition of line no in this case.