Help with shell scripting

[Kerry Mayes]

I'm having difficulty with the following script:

SYNHOST=caalt04

if echo `ping -c 1 $SYNHOST` | grep -q "1 received"; then

   echo 'Synergy connected';

   ssh -2 -f -N -L 24800:$SYNHOST:24800 [EMAIL PROTECTED];

   synergyc localhost;

else

   echo 'Synergy NOT connected';

fi


I'm getting the error that "then" is not being found.

This script was working before I pulled caalt04 out as a variable.
But I "tidied" up things at the same time, so may have messed it up
somewhere else.

Background: I learn languages by pinching other people's code.  This
is based on some stuff I pinched from someone and I sometime leave
options in that don't need to be there.

Any help appreciated.