my friend pointed out that the problem is that there needs to be extra spaces: [ "$T" = "y" ]; good job, bash briglass111 wrote: >> I am trying to write an IF Statement in Bash, but I am having issues. It > doesn't like the following format: >> echo "yes or no?" > read T >> if ["$T"="y"]; > then > echo "YES" > fi >> .............. It also doesn't like the following alternatives: >> if [$T="y"]; > if ["$T"=="y"]; > if [$T=="y"]; > if "$T"="y"; > if [["$T"="y"]]; >> etc.. >> It says: > y=y: command not found >> Ideas? > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Bash---IF-Statement-tp26084169p26084235.html Sent from the Cygwin list mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple