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I am sure there is a very simple explanantion to this problem that is just eluding my weary mind at present? This line in a bash script is not parsing - I think I may have the right bracket in the wrong place? The error message is "couln't parse this test expression".

I would appreciate it if anyone could offer a solution to the syntax:
cheers,
greywolf.

I think you left a blank between the redirection and ${Trash} you should write 2>>${Trash}

However I don't see the point of redirecting the stderr, there's no stderr for a comparison as far as I know, you should probably just use:

Adrian wrote:I think you left a blank between the redirection and ${Trash} you should write 2>>${Trash}

However I don't see the point of redirecting the stderr, there's no stderr for a comparison as far as I know, you should probably just use:

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 if [ 0 -lt ${size} ] ; then

Thanks, Adrian. You were spot on. I found my old bash scripting guide which confirms same.

cheers,
greywolf.