Question

I am try to create a symlink using ssh. Here the commands I am using.

cd /home
for homedir in *
do if [ -d ${homedir} ]
ln -s /etc/cpbackup-exclude.conf ${homedir}/cpbackup-exclude.conf
fi
done

After I enter fi I get this error. “-bash: syntax error near unexpected token ‘fi’

I am not sure what is wrong?

Thank you for your help

Answer 1

The syntax of the if command is:

if test-commands; then
  consequent-commands;
[elif more-test-commands; then
  more-consequents;]
[else alternate-consequents;]
fi

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Add keyword then to your code:

if [ -d ${homedir} ]
then
    ln -s /etc/cpbackup-exclude.conf ${homedir}/cpbackup-exclude.conf
fi

BTW, you can indent your code to make it easy to read.