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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting bash script error with binary operator expected. Post 302593291 by bobby320 on Thursday 26th of January 2012 12:16:56 PM
Old 01-26-2012
bash script error with binary operator expected.

Hello,

I am not sure, where I am missing in the scirpt, I am trying to grep few users from /etc/passwd file and if exists, I added line to echo as user exist, if not create it.
Code:
#!/bin/bash
for vid in v707  z307 z496 z163 z292 ; do
if [ grep "$vid" /etc/passwd ]
then
        echo " $vid User exists "
else
        /usr/sbin/useradd -g admin -G app $vid
        echo changeme |passwd --stdin $vid
fi
done

error message
Code:
# ./adduser.sh
./adduser.sh: line 3: [: v707: binary operator expected
useradd: user v707 exists
Changing password for user v707.
passwd: all authentication tokens updated successfully.

 

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If bash is started with the name rbash, or the -r option is supplied at invocation, the shell becomes restricted. A restricted shell is used to set up an environment more controlled than the standard shell. It behaves identically to bash with the exception that the follow- ing are disallowed or not performed: o changing directories with cd o setting or unsetting the values of SHELL, PATH, ENV, or BASH_ENV o specifying command names containing / o specifying a file name containing a / as an argument to the . builtin command o specifying a filename containing a slash as an argument to the -p option to the hash builtin command o importing function definitions from the shell environment at startup o parsing the value of SHELLOPTS from the shell environment at startup o redirecting output using the >, >|, <>, >&, &>, and >> redirection operators o using the exec builtin command to replace the shell with another command o adding or deleting builtin commands with the -f and -d options to the enable builtin command o using the enable builtin command to enable disabled shell builtins o specifying the -p option to the command builtin command o turning off restricted mode with set +r or set +o restricted. These restrictions are enforced after any startup files are read. When a command that is found to be a shell script is executed, rbash turns off any restrictions in the shell spawned to execute the script. SEE ALSO
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