Question

I am new to Linux and I am trying to compile some code that needs environment variables set first. The script is in cshrc, but whenever I try to run that code I get “if: badly formed number” errors. I want to run it in bash instead. Is there an easy way to convert cshrc to bashrc?

Answer 1

Yes, post the code. There are hordes of alpha geeks just waiting here to do this sort of work for you, sort of like Rent A Coder but without the cost 🙂

Seriously, it’s likely to be just the fact that, from memory, csh uses parentheses for conditions while bash uses [[...]] but, until you post the code (at least the offending lines with some context), we can’t be sure.

In other words, the csh:

if ($number < 0) then
    echo What the ...
endif

would become the bash:

if [[ $number -lt 0 ]] ; then
    echo What the ...
fi