Question

Script:

function insertMessage {
   $1 > log.txt
}

function checkResult {
  if [ $1 -eq 0 ]; then
    insertMessage "$2"
  else
    insertMessage "$3"
  fi
}

But when I try:

 rm $DIR
 checkResult $? 'Directory deleted ok' 'Cannot delete directory'

I receive only Directory in log.txt. Seems that bash consider also spaces in string – so takes as $2 only word Directory.

How it can be resolved? Thanks.

Answer 1

Use quotes:

function checkResult {
   if [ "$1" -eq 0 ]; then
     insertMessage "$2"
    else
     insertMessage "$3"
    fi
}

And your insertMessage function looks strange:

function insertMessage {
    echo "$1" >> log.txt
}

would make more sense.