unexpected operator .sh error

[Sahil Tandon]

On Tue, 01 Jun 2010, Aiza wrote:

> Chris Hill wrote:
> >The open-square-bracket, [, is another name for test. IIRC the
> >equal sign is not valid in that context.

Using '=' within test(1) brackets should be fine.

> >Can you post the 'before' and 'after' versions of that part of
> >your script? It would help us in determining what the problem is.
> 
> That hint got me to the correct line
> 
> I had    if [$1 = "basejail" ]; then

As noted by Chris and the sh(1) man page, '[' is a built-in equivalent
of test(1).  The correct syntax for an expression inside those brackets
requires *spacing*, i.e. [ expression ], and not [expression ], as in
your example.

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Sahil Tandon <sahil at FreeBSD.org>