there is also a good shell programmers' tutorial at www.blindprogramming.com under the UNIX section, I think. At 07:03 PM 4/22/2006, you wrote: >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 > >_______________________________________________ >Speakup mailing list >Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
