Ken Failbus wrote: > When I specify on command-line "bash -n <myscript name>". Bash doesn't > check for valid syntax errors. E.g. if variable is missing a "$" infront > of it while assigning a value. This is not catched by bash.
> ### example code > p=hello > e=world > If [ p != $e ];then > echo "not equal" > else > echo "equals" > fi This is perfectly valid code, it would be an error/bug to complain here, on a syntax check. Also you should use more quotes for your parameter expansions: - http://bash-hackers.org/wiki/doku.php?id=syntax:words - http://www.grymoire.com/Unix/Quote.html J.
