Syntax error in conditional expression

Question

I try:

        while [[ $c -le $n]]
        do
        now=$(date +"%T")
        echo "Tps at :- $now"
        @c=$c+1
        done

I got:

   syntax error in conditional expression

   syntax error near `do'

Can someone figure out what's wrong?

VGE · Accepted Answer · 2012-05-11 10:43:08Z

8

You need a space before closing test expression

while [[ $c -le $n ]]

And surround your variable with "" to avoid some painful error :

while [[ "$c" -le "$n" ]]

answered May 11, 2012 at 10:43

VGE

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