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2A-66-42
2A-66-42

Reputation: 642

zsh condition on number results in bad pattern

I have a function that I minified to debug but I cannot see the problem. Here is the minimal code to reproduce the issue:

#!/bin/zsh

ahead=1
if [[ "$ahead" -ne 0 ]]; then
    echo "test"
else
    echo "testelse"
fi

I get from executing this script:

./test:4: bad pattern :[[ 1

I cannot understand where the problem is. If I test it with tio.run, it works! If I copy paste it in console it also works.

If I remove the shebang I get: ./test: line 2: [[ 1: command not found testelse

Upvotes: 8

Views: 16006

Answers (3)

Ilya Shmadchenko
Ilya Shmadchenko

Reputation: 1

I've found the same problem. Just use [ ] instead of [[ ]].

Upvotes: 0

lyubeto
lyubeto

Reputation: 123

I hade the same error where I put double quotes string in an already double quoted command in the .bashrc file. It was in a multi-line command and I didn't notice it at first.

Doesn't work:

alias my_command="echo "doublequoted string example no no""

Works:

alias my_command='echo "doublequoted string example yes yes"'

Upvotes: 0

2A-66-42
2A-66-42

Reputation: 642

I don't really know how or why but as @justsomebody pointed out in the comments it was some kind of weird whitespace character between [[ and $ahead. Might be vim or something else, if you have any clue what it could have been, it would be nice to know.

Edit: I will add that altgr + space creates the kind of character that leads to this situation.

Upvotes: 5

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