IF syntax

[Douglas Stetner]

In article <15796 at brahms.udel.edu> jon at brahms.udel.edu (Jon Deutsch) writes:
>
>OK, second try at the question:
>
>I'm using sh to impliment an IF statement.  Can't get it to work.
>Here's the code:
>
>
>#!/bin/sh
>if [$temp != '']  then
>        echo 'remote-caller' >> .people;
>else
>	echo 'inside-caller' >> .people;
>fi
>
Try (note quotes and spaces):

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

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