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The following code executes correctly:

# Remove old recording before recording new
if [ -f "$HOME/CBC-Radio/World-Report/incomplete/world-rpt" ]; then
if [ -e "$HOME/CBC-Radio/World-Report/$DATE.mp3" ]; then
rm $HOME/CBC-Radio/World-Report/*.mp3
fi
fi

Yet when I add the OR logical operator the code fails.

# Remove old recording before recording new
if [[ -f "$HOME/CBC-Radio/World-Report/incomplete/world-rpt" ] -o [ -f "$HOME/CBC-Radio/World-Report/incomplete/world-at-6"]]; then
if [ -e "$HOME/CBC-Radio/World-Report/$DATE.mp3" ]; then
rm $HOME/CBC-Radio/World-Report/*.mp3
fi
fi


./tmp.sh: line 13: syntax error in conditional expression
./tmp.sh: line 13: syntax error near `]'
./tmp.sh: line 13: `if [[ -f "$HOME/CBC-Radio/World-Report/incomplete/world-rpt" ] -o [ -f "$HOME/CBC-Radio/World-Report/incomplete/world-at-6"]]; then'

I can't find the syntax error, perhaps someone with more experience or younger eyes could point out the error of my ways ...

Thanks in advance for any advice or suggestions offered.

Tom

Never eat more than you can lift." --Miss Piggy

Looks like you need to remove two brackets.

example:



EDIT: I am not a shell script expert, I just Googled the man page for bash shell scripts.

I thought it might be the semi colon after the double brackets