Shell Programming and Scripting

printf " Welcome to NGS analysis, checking for new files and creating a directory "

# verify new files
wget -q --user=xxxx --password=xxx --xxxxx \
https://www.xxxx.com/file
         if [[ -s /home/cmccabe/file ]]; then
    printf " What is the date to analyze : "
    read id
    date=$(date -d "$id" "+%m-%d-%Y") #convert to month-date-year

Welcome to NGS analysis, checking for new files and creating a directory  What is the date to analyze : 2-9-2015
date: invalid date ‘2-9-2015’

printf " Welcome to NGS analysis, checking for new files and creating a directory "

# verify new files
wget -q --user=xxxx --password=xxx --xxxxx \
https://www.xxxx.com/file
now=$(date +"%m_%d_%Y")
        mkdir /home/cmccabe/Desktop/NGS/API/$now &&
else
    echo " no new files to analyze, goodbye "
    exit 1
fi

line 12: syntax error near unexpected token `else'
/home/cmccabe/Desktop/medical_exome.sh: line 12: `else'

DATE=`date +%-m-%-d-%Y`
        mkdir /home/cmccabe/Desktop/NGS/API/$DATE