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I am getting a syntax"syntax error near unexpected token `'$#''" in a simple Bash script

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I am getting a syntax error in a simple bashBash script

I'm using Debian 10Debian 10 (Buster) and am getting an error in a simple bashBash script. All it does is check to see if 1one parameter is passed in, and if it's a file, just echo out the file:

#!/usr/bin/bash
if [ ( '$#' -eq 1 ) && ( -f "$1" ) ]; then
        echo "$1"
fi

exit 1

I get this error:

line 2: syntax error near unexpected token `'$#''
line 2: `if [ ( '$#' -eq 1 ) && ( -f "$1" ) ]; then'

I have tried every combination of quotes (", ', no quotes) around the $#$#, and I always get a variant of those error messages using the type of quotes I use. I can't figure out what it's looking for.

getting syntax error in simple bash script

I'm using Debian 10 and getting an error in a simple bash script. All it does is check to see if 1 parameter is passed in, and if it's a file just echo out the file:

#!/usr/bin/bash
if [ ( '$#' -eq 1 ) && ( -f "$1" ) ]; then
        echo "$1"
fi

exit 1

I get this error:

line 2: syntax error near unexpected token `'$#''
line 2: `if [ ( '$#' -eq 1 ) && ( -f "$1" ) ]; then'

I have tried every combination of quotes (", ', no quotes) around the $# and I always get a variant of those error messages using the type of quotes I use. I can't figure out what it's looking for.

I am getting a syntax error in a simple Bash script

I'm using Debian 10 (Buster) and am getting an error in a simple Bash script. All it does is check to see if one parameter is passed in, and if it's a file, just echo out the file:

#!/usr/bin/bash
if [ ( '$#' -eq 1 ) && ( -f "$1" ) ]; then
        echo "$1"
fi

exit 1

I get this error:

line 2: syntax error near unexpected token `'$#''
line 2: `if [ ( '$#' -eq 1 ) && ( -f "$1" ) ]; then'

I have tried every combination of quotes (", ', no quotes) around the $#, and I always get a variant of those error messages using the type of quotes I use. I can't figure out what it's looking for.

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I'm using Debian 10 and getting an error in a simple bash script. All it does is check to see if 1 parameter is passed in, and if it's a file just echo out the file:

#!/usr/bin/bash
if [ ( '$#' -eq 1 ) && ( -f "$1" ) ]; then
        echo "$1"
fi

exit 1

I get this error: line 2: syntax error near unexpected token '$#'' line 2: if [ ( '$#' -eq 1 ) && ( -f "$1" ) ]; then'

line 2: syntax error near unexpected token `'$#''
line 2: `if [ ( '$#' -eq 1 ) && ( -f "$1" ) ]; then'

I have tried every combination of quotes (", ', no quotes) around the $# and I always get a variant of those error messages using the type of quotes I use. I can't figure out what it's looking for.

I'm using Debian 10 and getting an error in a simple bash script. All it does is check to see if 1 parameter is passed in, and if it's a file just echo out the file:

#!/usr/bin/bash
if [ ( '$#' -eq 1 ) && ( -f "$1" ) ]; then
        echo "$1"
fi

exit 1

I get this error: line 2: syntax error near unexpected token '$#'' line 2: if [ ( '$#' -eq 1 ) && ( -f "$1" ) ]; then'

I have tried every combination of quotes (", ', no quotes) around the $# and I always get a variant of those error messages using the type of quotes I use. I can't figure out what it's looking for.

I'm using Debian 10 and getting an error in a simple bash script. All it does is check to see if 1 parameter is passed in, and if it's a file just echo out the file:

#!/usr/bin/bash
if [ ( '$#' -eq 1 ) && ( -f "$1" ) ]; then
        echo "$1"
fi

exit 1

I get this error:

line 2: syntax error near unexpected token `'$#''
line 2: `if [ ( '$#' -eq 1 ) && ( -f "$1" ) ]; then'

I have tried every combination of quotes (", ', no quotes) around the $# and I always get a variant of those error messages using the type of quotes I use. I can't figure out what it's looking for.

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