I have syntax error in my code to move files if the statement is true.The code goes on forever.Also tried adding quotes but unable to.I know there would be some silly mistake that I am doing.
for file in *.sort;
do if [`wc -l` $i -eq 57817];
then mv "$i" "../$i";
fi; done
Any suggestions?
[ and the conditions$i is not being setwc -l file is the entire command, you are only wrapping around wc -l)wc -l file will output the number of lines and the filename which will cause an error. wc -l <file could be used to avoid thisfor file in *.sort; do
if [ "$(wc -l <"$file")" -eq 57817 ]; then
mv "$file" "../$file"
fi
done
