Syntax error near unexpected token `elif' - Already read other posts - bash

Question

To start, I have already looked at the previous comments in the others listed here but unfortunately, none of the help provided has solved my issue.
I am working in CentOS 7 as my environment and I am coding some error handling into my add user script.
#! /bin/bash
echo -n "Enter username: "
read -r username
/bin/egrep -i "^${username}:" /etc/passwd
if [ $? -eq 0 ]
echo "User $username already exists. Please check the username and try again."
elif [ $? eq 1 ]
echo "User $username does not exist. Please proceed with account creation."
then
adduser "$username"
echo -n "Enter password: "
read -r -s password
echo $username:$password | chpasswd
touch /etc/sudoers.d/sugroup
chmod 0440 /etc/sudoers.d/sugroup
echo "$username ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL" >> /etc/sudoers.d/sugroup
else
echo "Error encountered."
fi
When I go to test it, I get the following error message:
./testscript-error.sh line 7: syntax error near unexpected token 'elif'
./testscript-error.sh line 7: elif [ $? eq 1 ]
I've tried:
elif [ $? eq 1 ]**;**
echo "User $username does not exist. Please proceed with account creation."
then
adduser "$username"
echo -n "Enter password: "
read -r -s password
echo $username:$password | chpasswd
touch /etc/sudoers.d/sugroup
chmod 0440 /etc/sudoers.d/sugroup
echo "$username ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL" >> /etc/sudoers.d/sugroup**;**
I've also tried:
elif [ $? eq 1 ]
then
echo "User $username does not exist. Please proceed with account creation."
then
adduser "$username"
echo -n "Enter password: "
read -r -s password
echo $username:$password | chpasswd
touch /etc/sudoers.d/sugroup
chmod 0440 /etc/sudoers.d/sugroup
echo "$username ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL" >> /etc/sudoers.d/sugroup
Also with the same result. Not sure what I'm missing and could use another pair of eyes on it.

Answer 1

Here you go... I hope you will understand better the syntax and usage:
#!/bin/bash
while true; do
echo -n "Enter username: "
read -r username
/bin/egrep -i "^${username}:" /etc/passwd
if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
echo "User $username already exists. Please check the username and try again."
else
echo "User $username does not exist. Proceed with account creation."
break
fi
done
adduser "$username"
if [ $? -gt 0 ]; then
echo "Error encountered."
exit 1
fi
echo -n "Enter password: "
read -r -s password
echo "$username:$password" | chpasswd
if [ $? -gt 0 ]; then
echo "Error encountered."
exit 1
fi
touch /etc/sudoers.d/sugroup
chmod 0440 /etc/sudoers.d/sugroup
echo "$username ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL" >> /etc/sudoers.d/sugroup
if [ $? -gt 0 ]; then
echo "Error encountered."
exit 1
fi

Answer 2

Here is the finished working code.
#!/bin/bash
#========================================================================================================
# This script allows for account creation on a server |
# It also performs error handling to ensure that the user doesn't currently exist on the system. |
# Also provides feedback from the input to verify the entries are correct. |
#========================================================================================================
while true; do
echo -n "Enter username: "
read -r username
/bin/egrep -i "^${username}:" /etc/passwd
if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
echo "User $username already exists. Please check the username and try again."
else
echo "User $username does not exist. Proceed with account creation."
break
fi
done
adduser "$username"
if [ $? -gt 0 ]; then
echo "Error encountered."
exit 1
fi
echo -n "Enter password: "
read -r -s password
echo "$username:$password" | chpasswd
echo "Password was succesfully set for $username."
if [ $? -gt 0 ]; then
echo "Error encountered. There was a problem with your entry. Please re-run the script and try again."
exit 1
fi
usermod -a -G wheel "$username"
echo "User was succesfully added to the group wheel."
if [ $? -gt 0 ]; then
echo "Error encountered."
exit 1
fi
echo "Successfully added $username to the system."