Stuck at single angle-bracket prompt

Question

I experimentally ran if bat1 == 1 then echo yes fi and am stuck in a single-angle-bracket-prompt purgatory in which Ctrl + c or z fails to open the door. Any suggestions?

Answer 1

ctrl+d should do the trick

You should write something more like:

[ $bat1 -eq 1 ] && echo yes

or

if [ $bat1 -eq 1 ]; then echo yes ; fi