hard to find error

hard to find error

[Scott Howell]

Ah, no actually errors are lying in wait, but yet here is one I can't
quite get a handle on.
I'm editing a script and I attempted to run it and got the following. It
was working, but I've obviously done something to break it.

line 227: syntax error near unexpected token `fi'

I am using nano and tried going to line 227 and found an fi, but it is no
different than the other cases where I'm using fi.

Btw, what the hell is fi mean in any case. Man I need to learn some
scripting.<grin>

tia
Scott

Re: hard to find error

[Gregory Nowak]

Fi essentially means end if. You have one extra somewhere, and don't realize it. Match all the ifs with the fis, and see if they really all match.

Greg


On Sun, Oct 06, 2002 at 08:38:40PM -0400, Scott Howell wrote:
> Ah, no actually errors are lying in wait, but yet here is one I can't
> quite get a handle on.
> I'm editing a script and I attempted to run it and got the following. It
> was working, but I've obviously done something to break it.
> 
> line 227: syntax error near unexpected token `fi'
> 
> I am using nano and tried going to line 227 and found an fi, but it is no
> different than the other cases where I'm using fi.
> 
> Btw, what the hell is fi mean in any case. Man I need to learn some
> scripting.<grin>
> 
> tia
> Scott
> 
> 
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laptop for sale

[Patrick Turnage]

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 I am looking to get rid of a laptop that I own. The laptop is being sold
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Re: hard to find error

[Scott Howell]

Huh, I never gave any thought to the fi as being the end of an if 
statement, but that makes sense. Ok I'll check it out and I think there 
just might be more than one hanging in there. I guess the real question 
is when you get an error from the shell that says error in line 227, 
does that line count include the comment lines as well? In other words 
does it mean you can pull the file into your edit, go to line 227, and 
remove the offending problem?
Never was 100% clear on this point.

tnx

Re: hard to find error

[Geoff Shang]

Hi:

Yes.  If they say line 227, they mean line 227.  Though, sometimes, due to
the nature of the error, the error might actually be on the previous line.

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Re: hard to find error

[Steve Holmes]

Well and for another interesting construct, consider the case
statement.  this is where you can have multiple values for a single
variable and appropriate action is taken for each value.

It goes something like this:
case $var in
"1" )
  statements
;;
"2" )
  statements
;;
.........
esac

Notice the esac (case spelled backwards) <smile>.

Yes, the line number should point you directly to the line in an
editor.  Just beware that the interpreter might be confused or messed
if you left out groupings like parentheses or quotes.

On Mon, Oct 07, 2002 at 05:11:13AM -0400, Scott Howell wrote:
> Huh, I never gave any thought to the fi as being the end of an if 
> statement, but that makes sense. Ok I'll check it out and I think there 
> just might be more than one hanging in there. I guess the real question 
> is when you get an error from the shell that says error in line 227, 
> does that line count include the comment lines as well? In other words 
> does it mean you can pull the file into your edit, go to line 227, and 
> remove the offending problem?
> Never was 100% clear on this point.
> 
> tnx
> 
> 
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Re: hard to find error

[Gregory Nowak]

>From my experience, this is correct. If it says the error is on line x, it takes the comments into account. So, yes, you can then go to line x and see if the error is there.

Greg


On Mon, Oct 07, 2002 at 05:11:13AM -0400, Scott Howell wrote:
> Huh, I never gave any thought to the fi as being the end of an if 
> statement, but that makes sense. Ok I'll check it out and I think there 
> just might be more than one hanging in there. I guess the real question 
> is when you get an error from the shell that says error in line 227, 
> does that line count include the comment lines as well? In other words 
> does it mean you can pull the file into your edit, go to line 227, and 
> remove the offending problem?
> Never was 100% clear on this point.
> 
> tnx
> 
> 
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Re: hard to find error

[Scott Howell]

Geoff,

Thanks, I'll rip that sucker out and see what comes of it.

Scott