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Title: incomplete line in bash
Post by: manit123 on September 16, 2012, 10:56:38 AM

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tc@box:/mnt/sdc1/startup$ df | grep -i ossxmix ; echo $? ; if [ $? == '1'] then echo ossxmix not found else ossxmix found fi
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This is annoying . ctrl+c did not help .

Title: Re: incomplete line in bash
Post by: Rich on September 16, 2012, 12:05:16 PM

Hi manit123
Yes, that can be annoying. Try  Ctrl-D

Title: Re: incomplete line in bash
Post by: manit123 on September 16, 2012, 12:08:35 PM

ctrL+d helps .
Reason was
> sh: syntax error: unexpected end of file (expecting "then")

Title: Re: incomplete line in bash
Post by: gerald_clark on September 16, 2012, 12:11:17 PM

You have several errors in that line.
1. You are testing the return code of echo, not grep.
2. You are missing a ';' before then, else, and fi.