bash quandry answered

[charles f. zeitler]

--- "charles f. zeitler" <cfzeitler at yahoo.com> wrote:

> i'm having problems with getting a while loop to work.
> this script:
> 
> #!/bin/bash
> 
> 
> while [ 1 ] 
> do 
> done
> 
> when run, gives these error messages:
> 
> /home/fedora/0_scripts/done.ba: line 6: syntax error near unexpected token
> `done'
> /home/fedora/0_scripts/done.ba: line 6: `done'
> 
> at the command line,
> 
> while [ 1 ] ; do ; done
> 
> gives: bash: syntax error near unexpected token `;'
> 
> and,
> 
> while [ 1 ]  do ; done
> 
> gives: bash: syntax error near unexpected token `done'
> 
> can anyone give me a pointer?
> 
> thanx
> 
> 
> charles zeitler
> 

thanks Todd & Luciano.
I neglected the null statement!
duh!

charles zeitler

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