Unexpected `then' bash script

Question

How do I fix this error? I can\'t see anything wrong with my syntax.

ipcheck() {
  echolog \"[INFO] Enabling IP Forwarding...\"
  sudo echo 1 > /proc/sys/         


        

Answer 1

Slightly refactored (improved) version that is not bash dependant:

#!/bin/sh

ipcheck() {
    echolog "[INFO] Enabling IP Forwarding..."
    sudo echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward || {
        echolog "[CRITICAL] Error echoing to ip_forward file"
        exit 1
    }

    # Paranoia check :)
    status=$(cat /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward)
    [ "$status" = "1" ] || {
        echolog "[CRITICAL] Could not enable IP Forwarding!"
        exit 1  # 1 is error in scripts, 0 is success
    }
    echolog "[INFO] IP Forwarding successfully enabled!"
}

Preferably make an error() function, perhaps something like:

# Call it like: error "[INFO] Could not ..."
error() {
    echolog "$*"
    exit 1
}

Oh and yeah, as everyone else pointed out, don't forget the spaces :)