if [“$i” -gt “$count”]; IS GIVING AN ERROR

Question

I\'m trying to put the \'f-$count\'(f-1,f-2) name into the array.

Below is the code,

echo \"Enter the count\"
read count
echo $count

#arr=()
i=1
while t         


        

Answer 1

In shell programming, the brackets in the if MUST be delimited by spaces:

if ["$i" -gt "$count"]; then

MUST be:

if [ "$i" -gt "$count" ]; then

[EDIT] The left bracket ([) is actually a built-in shell command and so requires the space afterwards to delimit it from its parameters, as with any command.