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Re: can anyone see the error in this script please I am BASHing my

Ed Morton

2006-03-11, 5:51 pm

Mike wrote:

> Janis Papanagnou wrote:
>
>
>
> I have tried that, no difference, problem seems to be with this line
> if ["${line:0:1}" -ne ',']
> If it reads a "," (a comma) it gives the following error
> /tides.sh: line 7: [,: command not found
> Mike..
>
>

put white space after [ and before ]. IIRC, there's a discussion on this
in the FAQ....

Ed.