Hi As it is bash scripting, just type at your prompt "help if". Looks like we're on our own in trying to do these little jobs. Gena On Sat, Apr 22, 2006 at 07:59:24PM +0100, Chris Norman wrote: > Hi people, > I want to use the if command, but can't find any manual page for it. > > I want to use it to run a command, and at present, I have: > > if date -r $file +%V -lt $number; then > #statements > fi > > But it won't work. > > $file is a filename. How do I do this? > > Cheers, > > Chris Norman > <!-- chris.norman4 at ntlworld.com --> > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > ---end quoted text--- -- 2E0AXU Freedom & Power provided by debian GNU Linux