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  1. March 19th, 2013 #1
    sselt
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    bash syntax, space in path command

    Code:
    $ pwd
$ ~/pathwith space

$ if [ $(pwd) = ~/pathwith space ]; then echo "true"; fi
$ bash: [: too many arguments
    What is wrong? I've tried escaping the space and quotes around the path.
    Last edited by sselt; March 19th, 2013 at 08:55 AM.
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