[GLLUG] Help with a script..

[Jean van Wyngaardt]

Thanks for that. Weirdly the single colon does the trick perfectly.

I think I'll need to spend some more time working on bash scripting in the near future!

Thanks guys.

Jean 

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On 6 Jan 2014, at 21:16, Tom Taylor <tom at tommyt.co.uk> wrote:

> Your issue is that something needs to happen after the "then".
> 
> If you are planning on doing something there at some point then just put a pointless command in there (e.g. true), otherwise change the if statement to be the opposite (!=).
> 
> On 6 Jan 2014 20:37, "Jean van Wyngaardt" <gabrieldrumming at gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks Stuart
> 
> The error coming up is this:
> 
> /home/ladmin/Desktop/vpn.sh: 7: /home/ladmin/Desktop/vpn.sh: Syntax error: "else" unexpected
> 
> Appreciate your help on this. Like you say, it probably needs a "do nothing" type entry. What do you suggest?
> 
> Jean 
> 
> Jean van Wyngaardt 
> 
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> On 6 Jan 2014, at 20:27, Stuart Sears <stuart at sjsears.com> wrote:
> 
>> On 06/01/14 20:17, Jean van Wyngaardt wrote:
>>> Hey guys
>>> 
>>> Working out this VPN script and it won't run because of line 7 (highlighted in bold below). Seeing as my scripting knowledge is limited, I thought I might check with you!
>> 
>> for questions like this, it helps enormously if you also paste the error
>> message you receive :)
>> 
>>> #!/bin/sh
>>> while [ "true" ]
>>> do
>>>    vpnck=$(nmcli con status uuid 3e46a1d0-ab02-4d69-bd36-31dfcc01af6d)
>>>    if [[ $vpnck == *cryptocloud* ]]
>>>    then
>> 
>> Surely there should be something here, no?
>> What do you expect the script to do if this condition is true?
>> Even a "that's okay, do nothing command" would be okay.
>> 
>>>    else
>>>      (sleep 1s && nmcli con up uuid 3e46a1d0-ab02-4d69-bd36-31dfcc01af6d)
>>>    fi
>>>    sleep 20
>>> done
>> 
>> Regards,
>> 
>> Stuart
>> 
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