Bash script Unexpected error EOF

Question

I'm getting an error with my script for the last line of the file and I'm not sure why:

./sampledata: line 55: syntax error: unexpected end of file

Example Code:

#!/bin/bash

temptime=$(date +"%H:%M")

usercount=0
while word in userfile
{ usercount=$usercount+1 }


counter=0
usercount=$usercount/2 #format

echo -n $temptime " |" >> numusersfile

while $counter -le $usercount
{
    echo -n "*" >> numusersfile
    counter=$counter+1
}
echo "" >> numusersfile

Am I doing my loops correctly? Or is there something wrong with how I'm writing to the file? I'm kinda stumped on this right now..

adamsmith · Accepted Answer · 2013-12-05 02:54:38Z

1

while loops in bash should be like this:

while [ $counter -le $usercount ]
do
    echo -n "*" >> numusersfile
    counter=$counter+1
done

Mind the spaces around [ and ] and that brackets are replaced with do and done

answered Dec 5, 2013 at 2:54

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bishop Over a year ago

If one follows McConnell's practice, bring the do up after the test, like: while [ $counter -le $usercount ]; do

Joe Caruso Over a year ago

This fixes the EOF error but I'm now left with other errors, I'll update the code

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