Yeah, David. I typed into the email by hand and did indeed forget the declaration. But, it was in the actually test.sh file I wrote. David Bruzos writes: > Hi Janina: > Could it be that you are missing the declaration of the "$i" variable. I added it and it worked for me. This is what I > got: > > #!/bin/bash > > for i in $(ls); do > if [ "$i" != "incoming/" ]; then > echo "$i" > fi > done > > It seems as if you are missing the "i" after the "for". > > HTH > > David B. > > On Thu, Apr 28, 2005 at 10:03:25AM -0400, Janina Sajka wrote: > > I'm confused over some simple bash syntax. If I write the following at > > the bash (ver 3.0) prompt, all works as expected--no errors. > > > > But, if I execute from a script file (which begins with a #!/bin/bash of > > course), I get: > > > > line 4: syntax error near unexpected token `then' > > > > What am I missing? All help much appreciated. > > > > > > for in $( ls); do > > if [ "$i" != "incoming/" ]; then > > echo $i > > fi > > done > > > > > > -- > > > > Janina Sajka Phone: +1.202.494.7040 > > Partner, Capital Accessibility LLC http://www.CapitalAccessibility.Com > > > > Chair, Accessibility Workgroup Free Standards Group (FSG) > > janina at freestandards.org http://a11y.org > > > > If Linux can't solve your computing problem, you need a different problem. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Janina Sajka Phone: +1.202.494.7040 Partner, Capital Accessibility LLC http://www.CapitalAccessibility.Com Chair, Accessibility Workgroup Free Standards Group (FSG) janina at freestandards.org http://a11y.org If Linux can't solve your computing problem, you need a different problem.
