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Old 10-03-2013
Problem in string comparison
guys , i am using inotify for monitoring one directory to check core file generation , my snippet of code is follows

Code:
#!/bin/bash
DIR=$1

inotifywait -q -e create -m $DIR  | while read path events name;
 do
  if [ [$name == 'core.*'] ]; then
  echo "Now I am going to do something with $name in directory $path."
  fi
done

my i expectation is to check all the new file creation with core.* ,
but i am getting error as "
Code:
line 6: [: too many arguments

"

please help me to fix it
Last edited by Scrutinizer; 10-03-2013 at 03:02 PM.. Reason: Well done with the code tags; I put some more around the error message
# 2  
Old 10-03-2013
Use code tags as required by forum rules!

Without code tags we can't see the spaces within/around your [[ ... ]] construct. Looks like you've got a space too many...
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# 3  
Old 10-03-2013
Quote:
Originally Posted by RudiC
Use code tags as required by forum rules!

Without code tags we can't see the spaces within/around your [[ ... ]] construct. Looks like you've got a space too many...
thanks for the input , i edited the post.
# 4  
Old 10-03-2013
There's still a space too many...
# 5  
Old 10-03-2013
am not sure , i just copied from my scri[t and pasted insider code tag.

basically i need to put condition in if to check new file created in "core.*"
# 6  
Old 10-03-2013
If I am understanding your snippet correctly, (longhand, OSX 10.7.5, default bash terminal)...
I am not sure your code will do what you expect it to do:-
Code:
AMIGA:barrywalker~> name="core.txt"
AMIGA:barrywalker~> if [[ "$name" == "core.*" ]]; then echo "OK"; fi
AMIGA:barrywalker~> name="core.*"
AMIGA:barrywalker~> if [[ "$name" == "core.*" ]]; then echo "OK"; fi
OK
AMIGA:barrywalker~> if [[ $name == core.* ]]; then echo "OK"; fi
OK
AMIGA:barrywalker~> if [[ $name == 'core.*' ]]; then echo "OK"; fi
OK
AMIGA:barrywalker~> name="core.txt"
AMIGA:barrywalker~> if [[ $name == core.* ]]; then echo "OK"; fi
OK
AMIGA:barrywalker~> if [[ $name == 'core.*' ]]; then echo "OK"; fi
AMIGA:barrywalker~> _

Last edited by wisecracker; 10-03-2013 at 02:55 PM.. Reason: Typo "al" should be "am"...
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