Change value of variable insead loop Bash

Question

I'm newer on bash scripting ,I have a global variable that I want to change his value insead a loop in my script but still get an error that commande not found

this my script :

SCRIPT_BASE = "/home/scripts/test-Scripts"
CURRENT_SCRIPT_PATH = ""


declare -a arr=("A" "B"  "C" "D")

for i in "${arr[@]}"
do
   if [ $i == "A" ]; then
       CURRENT_SCRIPT_PATH = $SCRIPT_BASE 
       echo -e "Current Path  :  $CURRENT_SCRIPT_PATH"
   fi
done

when I run this script I get that CURRENT_SCRIPT_PATH commande not found Thanks in advance for any help

`a=b` and `a = b` parse completely differently. Variable assignment must not contain spaces. — Mat, Mar 02 '18 at 08:44

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 28 '18 at 15:16

In bash you should be really cautious about spaces in if conditions but also when you assign a value to a variable.

Replace in your code the following tree lines:

SCRIPT_BASE="/home/scripts/test-Scripts"
CURRENT_SCRIPT_PATH=""
CURRENT_SCRIPT_PATH=$SCRIPT_BASE

If you keep a space after the variable name bash will interpret it as a command and as you do not have commands SCRIPT_BASE, CURRENT_SCRIPT_PATH, CURRENT_SCRIPT_PATH in your current $PATH you have the error command not found that is produced.

Change value of variable insead loop Bash

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