if your happy and you know it syntax error?

[jimi_hendrix]

so my friend tells me to type


if your happy and your know it syntax error

the username@desktop~$ thing became a >...just curios what does this mean and why did it happen?

[OutOfReach]

It's waiting for you to complete it, whatever 'it' is.
Same thing happens when you type

echo "Test
it shows a >, and until you type another " or something else, it'll just be waiting.

[Joeb454]

because bash assumes you've started an "if" statement.

hit Ctrl+C to get out of it :)

[jimi_hendrix]

ahh thanks