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user3636476
user3636476

Reputation: 1417

Bash, issue with if

I'm parsing the result of a curl call into a variable this way:

result=$(curl some curl parameters)

I'm then making a check:

if [ $result != "job completed" ];
then printf "ok"
fi

but I'm getting the following error:

[: too many arguments

any idea why?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 40

Answers (1)

paxdiablo
paxdiablo

Reputation: 881523

It's almost certainly because you haven't stringified the result, meaning that the [ command is being given more than three arguments.

If it contains the string job completed, you will end up with:

if [ job completed != "job completed" ] ...

I suggest you try:

if [ "$result" != "job completed" ] ...

Upvotes: 5

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