Shell Scripting Problem
 

Hey guys ..

I am pretty new to Shell Scripting. I was hoping if some one could help me out with my problem.

I am going with a tutorial for shell scripting. While executing some of the programs and commands I am getting errors. I have also checked other sites and tutorials for the same, but everything seems intact.
Following is the code. When I execute this (after changing the permission - 755), I get an error saying "unexpected end of file", Now I am not sure why this is happening ... please help me out.

Thanks in advance

Regards,
A Kris

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%



help_uni()

{

echo "Usage: $0 -n -a -s -w -d"

echo "Option: These are optional argument"

echo " -n name of animal"

echo " -a age of animal"

echo " -s sex of animal"

echo " -w weight of animal"

echo " -d demo values (if any of the above options are used"

echo " their values are not taken)"

exit 1

}



if [ $# -it 10];then`

        help_ani

fi



while getopts n:a:s:W:d opt



do

        case "$opt" in

        n) na ="$OPTARG";;

        a) age ="$OPTARG";;

        s) sex ="OPTARG";;

        w) weight ="$OPTARG";;

        d) isdef = 1;;

        \?) help_ani;;

        esac

done

if[ $isdef -eq 0];then`

echo "Animal Name is  $na, age is $age, sex is $sex, weight is $weight (user defined mode)"

else''

na = "pluto dog"

age = 3

sex = male

weight = 20kg

echo "Animal name is $na, age is $age, sex is $sex, weight is $weight (demo mode)"

exit 1

fi'' 



%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

Re: Shell Scripting Problem
 

Im guessing it's because on your last line of the program you have an extra " after fi.

Re: Shell Scripting Problem
 

There also seem to be a number of unnecessary backtick characters after a few then and else statements. That could be causing it.

Best wishes,

Mike

Re: Shell Scripting Problem
 

Re: Shell Scripting Problem
 

Good point. Totally looked right past that. There are spaces to the left and right of all the assignment (=) operators... WOW :)

, Mike

Re: Shell Scripting Problem
 

If it only were that ...

if [ $# -it 10];then`

#                   ^Wrong ` there

#             ^Need extra space there

#           ^Probably 1 (one) and not 10

#        ^-lt, not -it. Stands for `is less than'    

# corrected would be:

# if [ $# -lt 1 ]; then

# meaning: if not arguments where entered show menu

Spaces in the if statement between if and [ ] are important. They need to be respected.
With that in mind I leave

if[ $isdef -eq 0];then`

for you to figure what's wrong with it.

echo "Animal name is $na, age is $age, sex is $sex, weight is $weight (demo mode)"

exit 1 # Not need it

fi'' # Not need it

Before using the demo mode, those variables need to have something assigned to them since the user hasn't assigned anything.

Re: Shell Scripting Problem
 

Guess I got mislead by the error message.. :) I'm surprised a script with so many errors didn't generate a much different one other than unexpected EOF ;)
,Mike