CODEWITHSUNDEEP
bash
WAS
WAS

Reputation: 59

Syntax error: "do" unexpected (expecting "}")

I'm trying to figure out how to do a repeating question and what I have is imposing some issues I believe regarding the function brackets.

options.sh: 8: options.sh: Syntax error: "do" unexpected (expecting "}")

Here is the sample

    #!/bin/bash
    # v0.1 b1 3/30/2016

    # REPEATING FUNCTIONS

    ramdisk_memory() {
      echo -e "\nRAMDISK SETTINGS\n"
      echo -e "Enter the size of the RAMDISK in megabytes:"
      read ramsize
      echo -e "You selected a size of ${ramsize} megabytes. Is this correct?"
      select yn in "Yes" "No"; do
          case $yn in
              Yes ) setup_ramdisk ramsize; break;;
              No ) ramdisk_memory; break;;
          esac
      done
    }

    setup_ramdisk() {
      echo "You did it!"
    }

Upvotes: 1

Views: 2706

Answers (1)

SLePort
SLePort

Reputation: 15461

If you call your script with sh options.sh, the bash shebang will be overriden with a call to /bin/sh that does not support select. You can either call your script with :

  • bash options.sh
  • or make it executable with chmod u+x options.sh and invoke it with ./options.sh

Upvotes: 3

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