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Ibrahim K. Jabbar
Ibrahim K. Jabbar

Reputation: 1

Shell script echo issue

In this if condition for shell script, i want print user full name + exist(if the file ..../pub_key.asc found)or not exist if the mentioned file not found.

for file in $FILES
do
if [ -f  /home/$file/public_html/pub_key.asc ]; then
     echo $(cat /home/$file/etc/passwd | head -n | cut -d: -f1) : Exists
else
    echo  $(cat /home/$file/etc/passwd | head -n | cut -d: -f1) : Not exists!
fi
done

But i get errors because there is something wrong with first echo in if..condition. Can someone show tell me what i did worng in the echo statement? and how to fix? appreciate your suggestions. :)

Upvotes: 0

Views: 339

Answers (1)

pol92
pol92

Reputation: 447

You are probably getting an error due to head -n command

head -n has to be followed by a number, e.g head -n 1, or head -1

Upvotes: 2

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