IF syntax

[Earl Chew]

In <965 at ksr.com> harsha at ksr.com (Paul Harsha) writes:

>#!/bin/sh
>if [$temp != '']  
>then
>        echo 'remote-caller' >> .people;
>else
>        echo 'inside-caller' >> .people;
>fi

>works just fine.

#!/bin/sh
if [ $temp != '' ]
then
        echo 'remote-caller' >> .people;
else
        echo 'inside-caller' >> .people;
fi

works better when temp != '' :-)

Earl
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