Learn Bash Scripting by Building Five Programs - Build Five Programs

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Tell us what’s happening:
Not possible to pass this step. It shows syntax errors in lines 5 and 6.

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at a minimum in order to get help from someone who is not standing next to you, you will need to share your code and the error messages you are getting.

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Sorry. Here is the error:

codeally@6fb8d222dc34:~/project$ ./countdown.sh 5
./countdown.sh: line 5: syntax error in conditional expression
./countdown.sh: line 6: syntax error near then' ./countdown.sh: line 6: then’
codeally@6fb8d222dc34:~/project$

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if [[ $1 -le  5]]
then
  echo true
else
  echo false
fi
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I’ve edited your code for readability. When you enter a code block into a forum post, please precede it with a separate line of three backticks and follow it with a separate line of three backticks to make it easier to read.

You can also use the “preformatted text” tool in the editor (</>) to add backticks around text.

Pre-formatted-text
Pre-formatted-text1356×380 401 KB

See this post to find the backtick on your keyboard.
Note: Backticks (`) are not single quotes (').

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can you leave a single space after the 5 and try?

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It works now. Thanks for your support!