simple file testing won't work

[jawon]

When I do a korn shell script...

if [-f filea]
then echo "it exists"
fi

I get...

[-f: not found

Seems straightforward, but what are the possible reasons for the error?

 

[SamBones]

Put a space between the "[" and the "-f". The shell is seeing "[-f" as a single token.

Hope this helps.

 

[SamBones]

Also put a space between [tt]filea[/tt] and the final [tt]][/tt].

 

[iribach]

my way:
[ -f filea ] && echo filea exists