Hello All,

I am running the following in a bash script..

if -f [/path/echomail.out ]; then
rm /path/echomail.out
hpt scan
fi

When I run this script if the echomail.out file is found it is deleted
but the next line is not run, and I need it to be..

Can someone point out what I need to do to get the "hpt scan" part o run
also?

Thanks in advance for any help.

Ttyl :-)
Al

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Hello Alan,

Wednesday October 16 2019, Alan Ianson wrote to All:

I am running the following in a bash script..

if -f [/path/echomail.out ]; then
rm /path/echomail.out
hpt scan
fi

When I run this script if the echomail.out file is found it is deleted
but the next line is not run, and I need it to be..

Can someone point out what I need to do to get the "hpt scan" part o
run also?

Try to put '-f' inside the brackets. The present syntax is incorrect and it is strange bash doesn't complain.

Michael

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Hello Michael,

I am running the following in a bash script..

if -f [/path/echomail.out ]; then
rm /path/echomail.out
hpt scan
fi

When I run this script if the echomail.out file is found it is
deleted but the next line is not run, and I need it to be..

Can someone point out what I need to do to get the "hpt scan"
part o run also?

Try to put '-f' inside the brackets. The present syntax is incorrect
and it is strange bash doesn't complain.

I do have the -f inside the "[ ]" in my script, the above was a typo.. :)

It turns out the cause was that I am running that script with cron so I needed to add the full path to hpt.

It's working well now, thanks for your message..

Ttyl :-),
Al

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