How to check if a symlink target matches a specific path?

Question

I'm creating a bash script to check if a symlink target matches a specific path so, in case it doesn't match, script removes the symlink. I've tried with readlink:

#!/bin/env bash  target_path=$HOME/Code/slate/.slate.js  if [ `readlink $HOME/.slate.js` == "$target_path" ]; then     rm -rf "$HOME/.slate.js" fi 

but it doesn't work:

%source test test:5: = not found 

Answer 1

You should use double quotes as follow when you compare strings (and yes, the output of readlink $HOME/.slate.js is a string):

[ "$(readlink $HOME/.slate.js)" = "$target_path" ]