There is no need to include "/(" or "/)" inside the
if test as well. 8-)
--- Andrew Reilly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 12, 2000 at 03:05:57AM +1100, Shrestha
> wrote:
> > In shell programming in linux, if I want to do
> something if the number is 3 then I can write
> >
> > if [$numb ="3"]
> > then
> > echo "hello"
> > fi
> >
> > But if I have to write a condition "greater that 3
> and less than 10", how do I write it?
>
> You want "man 1 test", which will tell you about:
>
> if [ \( $numb -gt 3 \) -a \( $numb -lt 10 \) ]; then
> echo "hello"
> fi
>
> That's because /bin/[ is a link to /bin/test, and
> not part of the
> "if" statement. "if" just evaluates it's argument,
> and does the
> "then" part if the result is true (0). In this
> case, the argument
> is "[ $numb -eq 3 ]", which is equivelant to "test
> $numb -eq 3".
>
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