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Old 07-30-2016
Syntax error near unexpected token `else'
Hello every one!!

I don't know where I am going wrong but I am finding it difficult to clear this error of syntax error near unexpected token `else'

I am writing a simple shell script to find a file in a directory and if found execute that else return an error to the log file

Code:
path=path/of/file
if [ -f "${path}"/file_name ]; then
echo "file found" >> output/file/path
else
echo "file not found" >> output/file/path
fi

Please help me understand where is this script wrong

Thanks




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Mod Comment Please use code tags as required by forum rules!
Last edited by RudiC; 07-30-2016 at 12:35 PM.. Reason: Added (i)code tags (again!).
# 2  
Old 07-30-2016
Hello masubram,

Please use code tags as per forum rules for your commands/Inputs/codes into your posts.
Could you please try following and let me know if this helps you.
Code:
Input_file="/path/of/file/file_name"
Output_file="/output/file/path/output_file_name"
if [[ -f $Input_file ]]
then
     echo "file found" >> $Output_file
else
     echo "file not found" >> $Output_file
fi

Thanks,
R. Singh
# 3  
Old 07-30-2016
Hi Ravinder,

Thanks for the reply, yes the error which I was mentioning is gone now but there is new one as below...

Code:
syntax error: unexpected end of file

I have given spaces between two square braces and a space for -f

Code:
[ [ -f  $input_file ] ]

Is there anywhere I need to check for the syntax errors in file

ThanksSmilie



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Mod Comment Please use code tags as required by forum rules!
Last edited by RudiC; 07-30-2016 at 12:36 PM.. Reason: Added code tags (again!).
# 4  
Old 07-30-2016
Quote:
Originally Posted by masubram
Hi Ravinder,
Thanks for the reply, yes the error which I was mentioning is gone now but there is new one as below...
syntax error: unexpected end of file
I have given spaces between two square braces and a space for -f
[ [ -f $input_file ] ]
Is there anywhere I need to check for the syntax errors in file
ThanksSmilie
Hello masubram,

Please try to copy code above as it is, we shouldn't give spaces between [[, please try code as follows and let us know how it goes then.
Code:
path="/path/of/file/file_name"
if [[ -f $path ]]
then
     echo "file found" >> /output/file/path
else
     echo "file not found" >> /output/file/path
fi

In case you are getting error please mention your o.s detail too.

Thanks,
R. Singh
# 5  
Old 07-30-2016
I guess this is another reoccurrence of DOS line teminators <CR> (= \r, ^M, 0x0D) interfering with shell's keywords, e.g. then. How (i.e. with which editor) did you produce the script? Please post the output of
Code:
od -tx1c  script

.
# 6  
Old 07-30-2016
Hi Rudi,

Please find the o/p of the code

Code:
 0000000  23  21  2f  62  69  6e  2f  62  61  73  68  0d  0a  23  20  3d
          #   !   /   b   i   n   /   b   a   s   h  \r  \n   #       =
0000020  3d  3d  3d  3d  3d  3d  3d  3d  3d  3d  3d  3d  3d  3d  3d  3d
          =   =   =   =   =   =   =   =   =   =   =   =   =   =   =   =
0001315

Last edited by masubram; 07-31-2016 at 05:36 AM.. Reason: Added code tags (3rd time).
# 7  
Old 07-30-2016
Hello masubram,

Could you please remove carriage characters in your Input_file by doing as follows.
Code:
tr -d '\r' < Input_file > Temp_Input_file
mv Temp_Input_file  Input_file

Once above is done, you could try to run above codes and let us know how it goes then.

Thanks,
R. Singh
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