Error in while loop

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1

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  1. The problem statement, all variables and given/known data:

I am getting the following error while executing for while loo:

count: command not found
[: -le: unary operator expected

  1. Relevant commands, code, scripts, algorithms:

I have created the following code lines:

#!/bin/sh
count =1
while [ $count -le 10 ]
do
echo $count
count = `expr $count + 1`
done

  1. The attempts at a solution (include all code and scripts):

Wrote the above code.

  1. Complete Name of School (University), City (State), Country, Name of Professor, and Course Number (Link to Course):

Amity, Noida, India, Prof. Sanjeev Thakur, MCA

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2

Error due to additional spaces b/w count variables .. Corrected one below

#!/bin/sh
count=1
while [ $count -le 10 ]
do
echo $count
count=`expr $count + 1`
done
3

Thanks for the reply

Still getting the following error msg:

./while_loop.ksh_new: line 3: count: command not found
./while_loop.ksh_new: line 5: [: -le: unary operator expected

cat ./while_loop.ksh_new
#!/bin/sh
count =1
while [ $count -le 10 ]
do
echo $count
count=`expr $count + 1`
done
bash-3.2$

4

again u have given additional space while assigning value to a varaible count =1 .. Try to use the code which i have corrected ..

5

Worked now..Thanks a lot for the quick help.. :slight_smile: