If statement in Bash

Question

I have a bash script, and I can't get the if statement to work correctly.

This is what I have so far.

#!/bin/bash
FILES = 'abc'
if ["$FILES" == "$1"]
then
    echo "ok";
fi

Why doesn't this if statement work correctly?

Ensure you have spaces around the square brackets. They're actually a shorthand for a specific command and not brackets in the way you are used to. — borrible, Jan 18 '16 at 19:30
I recommend you learn about [`make`](http://www.gnu.org/software/make/manual/make.html) instead, or [some other system](https://cmake.org/) of handling building for you. — Some programmer dude, Jan 18 '16 at 19:33
Thanks for all the comments. I will definitively check those. I know this is just me trying to do something and learn a little bit of bash at the same time :) — , Jan 18 '16 at 19:54

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 18 '16 at 19:31

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You need spaces before and after the condition:

if [ "$FILES" == "$1" ]
   ^^               ^^

Since you are using bash, you can use bash built-in [[ and ]] instead of the test command [.

answered Jan 18 '16 at 19:31

P.P

Thanks a lot! That was the problem there was no pace after and before the brackets. – Jan 18 '16 at 19:54

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