Re: small if statement in shell script

[Michael Marsh <michael.a.marsh@gmail.com>]

On 6/22/05, michael@etalon.net <michael@etalon.net> wrote:
> I have an if statement, something like:
> 
> if [ "$day" = "Thu" ]; then
> tar -cpf /var/backups/homethu.tar /home
> fi

Try the following:

if [ "$day" = "Thu" ]; then
tar -cpf /var/backups/homethu.tar /home
:
fi

If you comment out the tar command, the shell will still see the
(empty) ":" command, thus keeping "if" happy.

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