bash script error unexpected token error

Question

if [ $USER=root ]; then echo "hi" else echo "bye" fi

it is giving me the following error

line 5: syntax error near unexpected token `fi'
line 5: `fi'

• nonchip: maybe add a semicolon before else and fi? or just don't force all that poor code into one line. or if it's really just that small snippet consider using && and || instead.

Answer 1

The correct code: if [ $USER == "root" ]; then echo "hi; else echo "bye"; fi

• 123: == is the same as =