Re: cant fix error .. findff.1: line 110: g18.mkv.mp4: syntax error: invalid arithmetic operator (error token is ".mkv.mp4")

[alex xmb ratchev]

thanks to the great bash folks , my script seems to run
..

maybe the trap s could be better , .. me dunno ..
yet all looks working

greets , bless

On Mon, Jun 19, 2023, 07:35 alex xmb ratchev <fxmbsw7@gmail.com> wrote:

>
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> On Mon, Jun 19, 2023, 01:04 Dennis Williamson <dennistwilliamson@gmail.com>
> wrote:
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>> On Sun, Jun 18, 2023, 2:05 PM alex xmb ratchev <fxmbsw7@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> i code on random user request scripts .. this one s one
>>> to find path s and ffmpeg to otherwhere
>>> suddenly , the error i dont understand
>>>
>>> findff.1: line 110: g18.mkv.mp4: syntax error: invalid arithmetic
>>> operator
>>> (error token is ".mkv.mp4")
>>>
>>> that line s
>>>
>>>  if [[ ${A[$c]} == "${A2[$c]}" && ! -e "$w" ]] ; then
>>>
>>> which means as much as
>>> size of file $c == size of same , but 27s earlier ( $wait loop sleep
>>> time )
>>> and if ! $w ( tmp fs element ) exists
>>>
>>> i moved and even removed the $w part , .. error is still showing
>>>
>>> the last -x lines besides look like this
>>>
>>> + readsav
>>> + [[ -e /data/data/com.termux/files/home/.findff ]]
>>> + for c in "${!C[@]}"
>>> + f=/data/data/com.termux/files/home/aotin/g18.mkv
>>> + o=/data/data/com.termux/files/home/aot/g18.mkv.mp4
>>> + w=/data/data/com.termux/files/home/.findff.tmp/g18.mkv.mp4
>>> + d=/data/data/com.termux/files/home/aot
>>>
>>>   < marker >
>>>
>>> + declare -p A A2 C
>>> declare -A A=([g18.mkv.mp4]="329474152" [m1.avi.mp4]="225827840" )
>>> findff.1: line 108: declare: A2: not found
>>> declare -A
>>> C=([g18.mkv.mp4]="/data/data/com.termux/files/home/aotin/g18.mkv"
>>> [m1.avi.mp4]="/data/data/com.termux/files/home/aotin/m1.avi" )
>>>
>>>   < marker >
>>> here see A has two valid entries
>>> filename / size
>>>
>>> + declare -p
>>>
>>> < long declare -p output till few last entries >
>>>
>>> declare -- threads="6"
>>> declare -- tmp="/data/data/com.termux/files/home/.findff.tmp"
>>> declare -- w="/data/data/com.termux/files/home/.findff.tmp/g18.mkv.mp4"
>>> declare -- wait="27s"
>>> declare -x xt_="1"
>>> findff.1: line 110: g18.mkv.mp4: syntax error: invalid arithmetic
>>> operator
>>> (error token is ".mkv.mp4")
>>> + [[ /data/data/com.termux/files/home/.findff.tmp != / ]]
>>> + rm -rf /data/data/com.termux/files/home/.findff.tmp
>>> ~ $
>>>
>>> from test cmd running
>>> xt_=1 bash -x findff.1
>>> xt_ to set default test args
>>>
>>> so error is in
>>>
>>> [[ ${A[$c]} == "${A2[$c]}" ]]
>>>
>>> .. no idea to fix it ..
>>>
>>> just on a note , on first run there is no A2 assoc , but never seen such
>>> cause such
>>>
>>> .. btw its also the code with the C() s for mapfile
>>>
>>> greets , alex xmb software
>>>
>>
>> If A2 doesn't exist yet then references to it are treated as if it were a
>> numerically indexed array but you're trying to access an element using a
>> non-numeric index which has a period (decimal point) in it. That makes it
>> look like a floating point numbers which Bash doesn't support. Remember
>> that the subscript of a numerically indexed array is an arithmetic context.
>>
>> To fix the problem make sure you declare A2 as associative before your
>> first reference to it.
>>
>
> thank you mate , code s working now .. :)
> was a big missed of my side .. :))
>
> thx .. greets
>
>>

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