Skip some paragraphs in a script

[Yanndewael]

Hi again,

Here is my question:

In a script, I test the "return code" of a request as follow:
ls -1rt $directory | read file

if [[ $? -eq 0 ]] ; then
echo DIRECTORY NOT EMPTY.
GO to the §9
fi

As you certainly guessed, I'd like to know how to write the "GO to the §9"!! So if the directory is not empty, I want to skip some actions and go directly to a paragraph further...

Thank you in advance for your help!

 

[Annihilannic]

As far as I know there is no "goto" equivalent in Korn shell.

Best to use:

[tt]if [[ $? -eq 0 ]] ; then
echo DIRECTORY NOT EMPTY.
# GO to the §9
else
do some other stuff
fi

# §9
the next paragraph[/tt]
Annihilannic.

 

[dickiebird]

Goto is only available in csh, I think.
At the risk of starting a long thread regards rights/wrongs of using goto/labels etc,I would suggest you plan your program properly (eg to use functions instead)
Also see thread822-433188 Dickie Bird (-)))