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Subject: RE: Bash - IF Statement
Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:07:04 -0500
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briglass111 wrote on Tuesday, October 27, 2009 3:02 PM:

> I am trying to write an IF Statement in Bash, but I am having issues.
It
> doesn't like the following format:
>=20
> echo "yes or no?"
> read T
>=20
> if ["$T"=3D"y"];
> then
>         echo "YES"
> fi
>=20
> .............. It also doesn't like the following alternatives:
>=20
> if [$T=3D"y"];
> if ["$T"=3D=3D"y"];
> if [$T=3D=3D"y"];
> if "$T"=3D"y";
> if [["$T"=3D"y"]];
>=20
> etc..
>=20
> It says:
> y=3Dy: command not found
>=20
> Ideas?

You need to add some whitespace so bash can distinguish commands and
arguments:

$ if [ "$T" =3D "y" ];
then
  echo "YES";
fi
YES

BTW, this is not a Cygwin-specific question :)
--=20
Bryan Thrall
FlightSafety International
bryan DOT thrall AT flightsafety DOT com

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