Question

Trying to set rules if a certain variable is put into place, can someone identify wtf I’m missing here?

test.sh:

#!/bin/bash
args=($@)
if [ "$@" = "--cron" ]; then 
 echo "WORKS!";
    else echo "FAILS"
fi

output of ./test.sh:

./test.sh: line 3: [: =: unary operator expected
FAILS

However, when I run ./test.sh --cron, it works, and WORKS is output.

Answer 1

In this case, I believe "$@" is too well quoted.

Try comparing against "$1", or use:

#!/bin/bash
args=($@)
if [ "$*" = "--cron" ]; then 
    echo "WORKS!";
else
    echo "FAILS"
fi