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- From: chet@odin.ins.cwru.edu (Chet Ramey)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
- Subject: Re: Need bash/make guru
- Date: 11 Nov 1992 13:19:21 GMT
- Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland OH (USA)
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- References: <1992Nov10.125358.28549@ncsu.edu>
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- In article <1992Nov10.125358.28549@ncsu.edu> jlnance@eos.ncsu.edu (JAMES LEWIS NANCE) writes:
- > fi \
- > done \
- > fi; \
- > exit 0
- >
- >When this is executed, the shell complains that there is a syntax error near
- >the word done.
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- Add semicolons after the `fi' and `done'. Since the line is continued, the
- newline disappears, and the shell doesn't see any separator token.
-
- Chet
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- Chet Ramey, Case Western Reserve University Internet: chet@po.CWRU.Edu
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