bash [second-argument: command not found

Question

So I ran into a problem when automating my projects with bash shell script and python...

I want to write a program that can help me to create new repositories using GitHub. However, I ran into this problem when executing my code.

Essentially, what I want to do is run 'create repo repo-name' and create a new github repository locally.

function create() {
    cd
    cd path/to/python/file
    python3 gh-create-command.py $*
    if [$1 == 'repo']
    then
        <creating repository>
    fi
}

But when I run this code I get the error, bash: [repo: command not found.

Can someone help me out here?

Please reply if I should post the complete code.

Thanks.

EDIT: FULL CODE

function create() { cd cd path/to/python/file python3 gh-create-command.py $* echo $1 if [ '$1' == 'repo' ] then cd cd path/ mkdir $2 cd $2 touch README.md git init cd .. cd path/to/python/file python3 gh-create-online-repo.py $* git remote add origin 'https://github.com/advaitvariyar/$2.git' git add . git commit -m "initial commit" git push -u origin master code . fi }

output: repo

You're missing a space after the `[` – Mat Apr 26 '20 at 17:29 — Mat, Apr 26 '20 at 17:29

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 26 '20 at 17:29

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You're missing whitespaces, it should be:

if [ $1 == 'repo' ]

And it's a good practice to quote all of your variables to avoid word splitting:

if [ "$1" == 'repo' ]

and to avoid Bashisms to make your code more portable. Use:

create() {

and

if [ "$1" = 'repo' ]

answered Apr 26 '20 at 17:29

Arkadiusz Drabczyk

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Hi, I added the whitespace, but the contents inside the if statement are still not running. – Advait Variyar Apr 27 '20 at 02:29
That means that `"$1"` is not equal to `'repo'`. Check its value just before if line: `echo "$1"`. – Arkadiusz Drabczyk Apr 27 '20 at 02:33
I did it and it gave repo in the terminal – Advait Variyar Apr 27 '20 at 02:34
Can you show your updated script by editing the question and post the output you got? – Arkadiusz Drabczyk Apr 27 '20 at 02:36
Sure `function create() { cd cd path/to/python/file python3 gh-create-command.py $* echo $1 if [ '$1' == 'repo' ] then cd cd path/ mkdir $2 cd $2 touch README.md git init cd .. cd path/to/python/file python3 gh-create-online-repo.py $* git remote add origin 'https://github.com/advaitvariyar/$2.git' git add . git commit -m "initial commit" git push -u origin master code . fi }` output: repo – Advait Variyar Apr 27 '20 at 02:38
This is not `by editing the question`. – Arkadiusz Drabczyk Apr 27 '20 at 02:38
Make sure that there are no leading whitespaces before `repo`. Try with `if [ "$1" == ' repo' ]` – Arkadiusz Drabczyk Apr 27 '20 at 02:43
You cannot use `'` (single quotes) - it will not deferefence a variable, you have to use `"` (double quotes) as I said in my answer. – Arkadiusz Drabczyk Apr 27 '20 at 02:45

bash [second-argument: command not found

EDIT: FULL CODE

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