Possibly an invisible character. Delete the entire line with "then"
and re-type it. That error seems odd.
On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 12:33 AM, Robert <bobster58@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I'm brand new at doing anything linux and would like feedback on this
> script I'm trying to understand from an example I'm working on..
>
> Oh, running Centos 5.6
>
> Anyhow, I run this bash script:
>
> #!/bin/bash
> # send data to the table in the MySQL database
>
> MYSQL='which mysql'
>
> if [ $# -ne 4 ]
> then
> Â Â Âecho "Usage: mtest4 empid lastname firstname salary"
> else
> Â Â Âstatement="insert into employees values ($1, '$2','$3', $4)"
> Â Â Â$MYSQL test << EOF
> Â Â Â$statement
> EOF
> Â Â ÂIf [ $? -eq 0 ]
> Â Â Âthen
> Â Â Â Â Â echo "Data successfully added"
> Â Â Âelse
> Â Â Â Â Â echo "Problem adding data"
> Â Â Âfi
> fi
>
>
> and here is the error I get:
>
> [Bobster@localhost ~]$ ./mtest4 5 Johnson John 120000
> ./mtest4: line 15: syntax error near unexpected token `then'
> ./mtest4: line 15: ` Â Â then'
>
> Thanks in advance for any inputs.
>
> Bobster
>
>
>
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