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Top Forums UNIX for Beginners Questions & Answers Error with file test script Post 303026710 by Ibrahims1 on Sunday 2nd of December 2018 04:40:25 AM
Old 12-02-2018
Error with file test script
Dear friends

i am getting error when i run below script

Code:
#!/bin/bash
echo "Enter the name of the file"
read file_name
if [ -f $file_name ]
then
If [ -w $file_name ]
then
echo "add some text to quit ctrld"
cat >> $file_name
else
echo "the file does not have write permission"
fi
else
echo "$file_name does not exist"
fi
~

the error message is :
Code:
$ ./hello
Enter the name of the file
dddd
': not a valid identifier
./hello: line 16: syntax error: unexpected end of file

ibrahims@N-5CG613336K ~
$

any help please ? any advises as well how to debug such code or how to debug in general using vi editor is highly appreciated
 

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MY_PRINT_DEFAULTS(1)					       MySQL Database System					      MY_PRINT_DEFAULTS(1)

NAME

       my_print_defaults - display options from option files

SYNOPSIS

       my_print_defaults [options] option_group ...

DESCRIPTION

       my_print_defaults displays the options that are present in option groups of option files. The output indicates what options will be used by
       programs that read the specified option groups. For example, the mysqlcheck program reads the [mysqlcheck] and [client] option groups. To
       see what options are present in those groups in the standard option files, invoke my_print_defaults like this:

	   shell> my_print_defaults mysqlcheck client
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       The output consists of options, one per line, in the form that they would be specified on the command line.

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       o   --help, -?

	   Display a help message and exit.

       o   --config-file=file_name, --defaults-file=file_name, -c file_name

	   Read only the given option file.

       o   --debug=debug_options, -# debug_options

	   Write a debugging log. A typical debug_options string is d:t:o,file_name. The default is d:t:o,/tmp/my_print_defaults.trace.

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	   Read this option file after the global option file but (on Unix) before the user option file.

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	   In addition to the groups named on the command line, read groups that have the given suffix.

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	   Return an empty string.

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	   Display version information and exit.

COPYRIGHT

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SEE ALSO

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AUTHOR

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