Bash scripting missing

Question

I am getting an error   test sh  line 13     missing     in the file test sh I tried using brackets and other options such as -a or by checking the size of the file p1 but the error is always there and the else statement is always executed irrespective of the input given I even tried by removing the   in line 13 but it didn t help   test sh     bin bash echo  Enter app name  read y  y  amp  top -b -n 1  gt  topLog log  -w checks for the whole word not and sub string from that word grep -w   y  topLog log  gt  p1  -s option checks if the file p1 is present or not if   -s  p1      line 13 then      echo  Successful   else     echo  Unsuccessful  fi rm p1   I am new to bash scripting So if there is any silly mistake please excuse me

User · Accepted Answer

Change   if   -s  p1      line 13   into  if   -s  p1       line 13   note the space

User · Answer

I got this error while trying to use the  amp  amp  operator inside single brackets like        amp  amp          I had to switch to         amp  amp

User · Answer

If you created your script on windows and want to run it on linux machine  and you re sure there is no mistake in your code  install dos2unix on linux machine and run dos2unix yourscript sh  Then  run the script

User · Answer

You re missing a space after  p1    if   -s  p1

User · Answer

add a space before the close bracket

[bash] Bash scripting missing ']'

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