Trying to write a script to move files and tag, said files so that we still have original file and a tag file to signify file already moved, this works ok the first time, but when script is run again trying to move next lot of new files I am being asked for a test argument in script. Ran this with ksh -x this is part of output
ls -lt file.rtf file1.rtf file11.rtf file12.rtf file13.rtf file14.rtf file15.rtf file2.rtf file3.rtf file4.rtf file5.rtf file6.rtf
+ cut -c54-67
+ 1> /export/home/itstech/frbtag/test.tmp
+ x=0
+ + cat /export/home/itstech/frbtag/test.tmp
+ wc -l
rec= 12
+ [ 0 -le 12 ]
+ head -1 /export/home/itstech/frbtag/test.tmp
+ 1> /export/home/itstech/frbtag/record
+ cat /export/home/itstech/frbtag/record
+ read NXT
+ [ !-f file15.rtf_tag ]
mobbcpy[18]: test: argument expected
+ sed 1d /export/home/itstech/frbtag/test.tmp

replace:

[ !-f $NEXT ]

with:
[ !-f "$NEXT" ]

Luke Chi

Thanks, it worked a treat !