You have to put in NOTHING, i.e.:

if [ "$remaining" = "" ] ; then
;
else
kill -9 $remaining
fi

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On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 12:14 PM, Tom Brown <tom@ng23.net> wrote:

Hi

Below if $remaining is empty i want the if to finish - what is it i need
to put in SOMETHING?

if [ "$remaining" = "" ] ; then
SOMETHING ;
else
kill -9 $remaining
fi

thanks?
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