Bash script buildscript error. Line 20: syntax error near unexpected token 'fi'

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In my bash script I'm getting an error:

./buildscriptbuild.sh: line 20: syntax error near unexpected token 'fi'

I have tested the below bash script in my local system. Can anyone help me in this regard. Thanks in advance.

#!/bin/sh cd /home/ec2-user/inoutserver if git pull origin development; then if npm install; then if grunt build --force; then echo "build success" else if sudo cp -r dist/* /home/ec2-user/testfolder; then echo "deployment success!" fi else echo "deployment failed" fi else echo "build failed" fi else echo "npm install failed" fi

Look at the if sudo cp -r dist/* /home/ec2-user/testfolder; then if block... where's the else vs the fi? — JohnLBevan
– JohnLBevan, Commented Nov 18, 2022 at 10:18
Look at the pattern followed by every other if/else statement in your code; what's different about those to the line I pointed out above? — JohnLBevan
– JohnLBevan, Commented Nov 18, 2022 at 10:50
You have an if ... fi ... else sequence that really shouldn't be that way. The mistake would be a lot more obvious if you fixed the indentation, so that corresponding if, else, and fi keywords were at the same indentation level. Also, it'd be a lot clearer to rewrite this with the error conditions first, as an if ! step1command; then echo "step 1 error"; elif ! step2command; then echo "step 2 error"; elif ! step3command;... See this. — Gordon Davisson
– Gordon Davisson, Commented Nov 19, 2022 at 2:18

olivierg · Accepted Answer · 2022-11-19 19:37:35Z

in the middle replace this :

 fi else echo "deployment failed"

by :

 else echo "deployment failed" fi

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