Bash - IF Statement

jreidthomps jreidthompson@nc.rr.com
Wed Oct 28 18:29:00 GMT 2009


> before i knew that bash was white-space picky

I think most shells are, not just bash

> , i thought this may be a cygwin issue because i read a bit about people
> saying bash is different in cygwin than in unix

where?  I've not ran into any instances where cygwin bash varies from unix
bash

>  and i got the if-statement code from a website about unix, and when it
> didn't run in cygwin's bash i   figured it was a cygwin-specific issue

then the website posted invalid code, and your question should perhaps have
been directed there.
a minute looking at examples on google "bash if else" would give plenty of
valid snippets




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