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if test condition question

Hunki — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 13:57:08 GMT

if [ $a -lt 7 -a [ $b -eq 16 -o $b -eq 8 ] ]

I want the following condition :

$a less than 7 and also $b should be either equal to 16 or it should be equal to 8. The above that I have gives me the following error :

[13]: 13: unknown test operator

Re: if test condition question

James R. Ferguson — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 14:03:59 GMT

Hi Hunki:

The syntax is:

if [ $a -lt 7 -a $ $b -eq 16 -o $b -eq 8 $ ]

...note the escaped parentheses.

Regards!

...JRF...

Re: if test condition question

Ivan Ferreira — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 14:04:33 GMT

Try this:

if [ $a -lt 7 ] && ( [ $b -eq 16 ] || [ $b -eq 8 ] ); then

Re: if test condition question

Hunki — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 14:07:50 GMT

Thanks !