Question

I can’t figure out what is wrong with following script.

#!/bin/bash 
if [ "$1" = "x" ] 
then
  echo Pushing web on sharada to origin.
else if [ "$1" = "y" ] 
then 
  echo Pulling web on sharada from origin.
else 
  echo "Usage : arg x to push or y to pull."
fi

I am on linux (Ubuntu) in xterm.

Answer 1

you are missing closing “fi” at the end.
the else if construct really is not an elif continuation, but instead the new if lives within the else clause of the previous if.

so, properly formatted you should have:

#!/bin/bash 
if [ "$1" = "x" ] 
then
  echo Pushing web on sharada to origin.
else 
  if [ "$1" = "y" ] 
  then 
    echo Pulling web on sharada from origin.
  else 
    echo "Usage : arg x to push or y to pull."
  fi
fi # <-- this closes the first "if"