bash error, missing bracket after command

Asked Apr 01 '21 at 19:56

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I'm getting a bash error when performing a conditional if statment that checks is the current Flask db migration is upgraded or not.

#!/bin/bash

# create folders
mkdir log

# migrate the database
source .env

if ! [ python manage.py db current | grep -q '(head)' ]; then
        python manage.py db upgrade
fi

The error is:

./install.sh: line 9: [: missing `]'
grep: ]: No such file or directory

I've read similar posts about this error and the mmost common error is the espace between brackets and the command but I have those spaces.

asked Apr 01 '21 at 19:56

Eduardo G

1

You don't put commands inside `[]`. – Barmar Apr 01 '21 at 19:58
1

That's only if you want to test a conditional expression. – Barmar Apr 01 '21 at 19:58
1

Just get rid of the brackets. – Barmar Apr 01 '21 at 19:59
yeah conditional like 1=1, thanks – Eduardo G Apr 01 '21 at 20:06

bash error, missing bracket after command

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