Cheers mate. Chris Norman <!-- chris.norman4 at ntlworld.com --> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ralph W. Reid" <rreid@xxxxxxxxxx> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Sunday, April 23, 2006 5:49 PM Subject: Re: IF Help > You were very close for not finding the info in a man page. If I can > assume you are using the bash shell, then the 'if' command is > described somewhere in the midst of the bash man page (it's a _big_ > man page, but lots of good stuff is in there). > > I suppose you want to use the output of a command in a comparison. > This means that the command should be enclosed in accent marks. Also, > you need some brackets, a semicolon, and the word 'then' to complete > the syntax. Here is what I think you want (note that the spacing > around the brackets is important, as well as all of the punctuation in > the 'if' line): > > if [ `date -r $file +%V` -lt $number ]; then > echo It be. > else > echo It be not. > fi > > HTH, and have a _great_ day. > > 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 > > -- > Ralph. N6BNO. Wisdom comes from central processing, not from I/O. > rreid at sunset.net http://personalweb.sunset.net/~rreid > ...passing through The City of Internet at the speed of light! > 1 = x^0 > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
