Delete all Windows partitions

[beren43]

Hi
I'm trying to delete all Windows partitions from disk
#!/bin/bash
check_windows_part=`fdisk -l | grep -i windows`
if [ -z "$check_windows_part"] then
fdisk /dev/sdb << EOF
d
w
EOF
fi
But syntax error near unexpected token `fi'
What's wrong ?

 

[EffrafaxOfWug]

Please use code tags when posting code.

The syntax error occurs because you're missing a semicolon between ']' and 'then'.

What is it you think this script snippet will achieve? Just grepping for "windows" in the output of fdisk isn't a guarantee of anything, and you're hard-coding the formatting of only /dev/sdb. If you're writing some sort of automation script you'll want a lot more sanity checks than this.

 

[dandanio]

use expect, not piping.

 

[BlueLineSwinger]

It'd probably be better to use sfdisk, which is oriented towards scripting.