I am not the best, and haven't looked at bash, but try moving the ! to the inside of the parens. Thanks, ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gregory Nowak" <greg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Saturday, April 08, 2006 4:16 PM Subject: help with a bash script please > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hi all. > > I'm having trouble with an if statement in a bash script I'm > writing. What I want to do, is to check if a file doesn't have read > permission. What I'm doing is: > > if !([ -r filename]) > > However, bash says that the command [-r is not found on line > number. Can someone please tell me what I'm doing wrong, and show me > how to do what I want to do properly? Thanks in advance. > > Greg > > > - -- > web site: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org > gpg public key: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org/pubkey.asc > skype: gregn1 > (authorization required, add me to your contacts list first) > > - -- > Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-manager at EU.org > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.2 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFEODZY7s9z/XlyUyARAgVJAKCyow1QR5lo7DjsNxUfAavCO86gFQCgmC+i > S58rlWJzeICulyaj9sKfono= > =QG4s > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
