| Linux Shell Scripting Tutorial (LSST) v1.05r3 | ||
| Chapter 3: Shells (bash) structured Language Constructs | ||
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if condition
then
condition is zero (true - 0)
execute all commands up to elif statement
elif condition1
then
condition1 is zero (true - 0)
execute all commands up to elif statement
elif condition2
then
condition2 is zero (true - 0)
execute all commands up to elif statement
else
None of the above condtion,condtion1,condtion2 are true (i.e.
all of the above nonzero or false)
execute all commands up to fi
fi
For multilevel if-then-else statement try the following script:
$ cat > elf |
Try above script as follows:
$ chmod 755 elf
$ ./elf 1
$ ./elf -2
$ ./elf 0
$ ./elf a
Here o/p for last sample run:
./elf: [: -gt: unary operator expected
./elf: [: -lt: unary operator expected
./elf: [: -eq: unary operator expected
Opps! a is not number, give number
Above program gives error for last run, here integer comparison is expected therefore error like "./elf: [: -gt: unary operator expected" occurs, but still our program notify this error to user by providing message "Opps! a is not number, give number".
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| if...else...fi | Loops in Shell Scripts | |