On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 11:14:01AM +0000, Tom Brown 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 $remaining
> fi
A ":" on it's own will do what you want.
if [ "$remaining" = "" ]
then
:
else
kill -9 $remaining
fi
But better would be
if [ -n "$remaining" ]
then
kill -9 $remaining
fi
--
rgds
Stephen