Syntax error near unexpected token `done'

Posted May 18, 2014

Hi all,

Sorry for a noob question, I’m jus started with Linux today :D My droplet used CentOS 6.5. I have a script name “loop.sh” with this code:

#!/bin/bash while : do sl done

When I try to run it with command “bash loop.sh” there’s error: syntax error near unexpected token `done’.

What can I do now? Please help.

Thank you so much.

dinhhoangviet

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dinhhoangviet • May 18, 2014

I copied and created new file with the code in example of the link: #!/bin/bash COUNTER=0 while [ $COUNTER -lt 10 ]; do echo The counter is $COUNTER let COUNTER=COUNTER+1 done Nothing changed! There’s error: line 6: syntax error near unexpected token `done’ Why bash programing is too hard???

sianios • May 18, 2014

You need a condition for the while loop. See the examples in the link I gave you above.

dinhhoangviet • May 18, 2014

I replaced : with ; then got another error syntax error near unexpected token `;’

sianios • May 18, 2014

Replace : with ; See here for more examples http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Bash-Prog-Intro-HOWTO-7.html