$ sh script.sh /home/user/Desktop/some existing dir with spaces script.sh: line 2: cd: /home/gbor/Desktop/some: No such file or directory script.sh: line 2: [: -ne: unary operator expected
$ cat script.sh #!/bin/bash if [ $(cd "$1") -ne 0 ] then echo "badbadbad" ; exit 1 fi I just want to make my script: http://groups.google.com/group/ubuntu-users-archive/browse_thread/thread/117d54b69cd92a71/e8e03d8824b9323e?show_docid=e8e03d8824b9323e&pli=1# more "user secure" :D:S thats why I'm searching for a method to warn the user, if it had started my script with a bad path, e.g.: doesn't wrote escape char before space, or put quote around the path, like: "/home/user/Desktop/some existing dir with spaces" thanks :P:) On Sun, Jun 28, 2009 at 11:39 AM, Soren Orel <soren.o...@gmail.com> wrote: > I can /dev/null the error messages like: > > cd "$1" 2> /dev/null > > e.g.: I get error If "$1" has spaces in it > > Ok, but how can I grep the error message? I tried: > > if cd "$1" 2> grep -i "No such file or directory"; then echo "badbadbad"; > exit; fi > > But it doesn't work :S > > thank you! >
