if statement help

[Ray Parrish]

Nils Kassube wrote:
> Ray Parrish wrote:
>   
>> nowDay=$(date +%A);
>>     
>
> The ";" at the end is not needed.
>
>   
>> AMorPM=$(date +%H):
>>     
>
> The ":" at the end is wrong, probably you wanted to write
>
> AMorPM=$(date +%H);
>
> but again the ";" at the end is not needed.
>
>   
>> padsp espeak "$nowTime hours":
>>     
>
> Again ":" is wrong (unless you really want to pass it to espeak).
>
>   
>> if [$AMorPM -lt 12]
>>     
>
> That should be:
>
> if [ $AMorPM -lt 12 ]
>
>
> Nils
>   
I tried adding the spaces, and still it bombs and says PM only.

Later, Ray Parrish


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