Syntax error near unexpected token 'fi'

Question

I'm trying to write a script that removes all the .jpg's that end in an odd number. This is my code:

#!/bin/bash echo "start\n" for f in *.jpg do   fname=$(basename "$f")   echo "fname is $fname\n"   fname="${filename%.*}"   echo "fname is $fname\n"   if[$((fname %  2)) -eq 1 ] then     echo "removing $fname\n"     rm $f   fi done 

When I run it it outputs start and then says "syntax error near unexpected token 'fi'"

When I had then on the line after if it said "syntax error near unexpected token 'then'"

How do i fix this?

Answer 1

As well as having then on a new line, you also need a space before and after the [, which is a special symbol in BASH.

#!/bin/bash echo "start\n" for f in *.jpg do   fname=$(basename "$f")   echo "fname is $fname\n"   fname="${filename%.*}"   echo "fname is $fname\n"   if [ $((fname %  2)) -eq 1 ]   then     echo "removing $fname\n"     rm "$f"   fi done