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2008-04-30
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fi is used in scripts to end a if statement afaik so it will execute the rest of a script.
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2008-04-30
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dont know if this helps but i googled it http://linux.byexamples.com/archives/107/if-then-fi/
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2008-04-30
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'fi' is simply the sh-style name for 'endif', to finish an 'if' statement. E.g.:
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#!/bin/sh # Check if this file exists: if test -e config.file then echo "You have a config.file file" else echo "No such file config.file" fi echo "Finished with my 'if' test"
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2008-04-30
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Originally Posted by GeraldKo
They're there to keep an eye out for the devious "esac".
fi shows up in scripts...
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2008-04-30
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As mentioned "fi" is the end of a "if" statement
if something happens
then
do something
else
dont do something
fi
if something happens
then
do something
else
dont do something
fi
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2008-04-30
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GeraldKo (and anyone else who wondered...) --
regarding the esac reference above: it performs the same function at the conclusion of a case statement.
regarding the esac reference above: it performs the same function at the conclusion of a case statement.
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2008-04-30
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Originally Posted by briand
Killjoy! What, you gonna help him see the fnords next?
regarding the esac reference above: it performs the same function at the conclusion of a case statement.
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2008-04-30
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Originally Posted by GeraldKo
Hi,
fi shows up in scripts, and I'm finding it surprisingly hard to get a good explanation of what fi is doing in them. Is it a command? Is it short for something? What does it do?
You already got the answer - fi ends an if, much like endif does in other languages (some would say endif would have been better for bash too).
There are four main conditional statements in shell scripts:
if... ; then...; else...; fi
for ...; do...; done
while...; do...; done
and
case ... in
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esac
You can see that if ends in fi, and case in esac. for and while both use the more understandable do...done convention which is appropriate for loops.
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2008-04-30
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There's elif, too:
Yeah, it could be done with else and if, but then you'd have to go fi-fi-fi-fi at the end...
Code:
if ... ; then ... elif ... ; then ... elif ... ; then ... elif ... ; then ... else ... fi
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