multiple echo statements in if condition

Shell Programming and Scripting
1

Hi ,
I have a peculiar problem.

i have an if block like this

if [ -f $ff ];
then
echo " todays date is " ${date} >> log_file
echo " file count is  " $ count >> log_file
mv filename1 filename 2
else 
echo "no files available ">> log_file
fi

the echo statement "no files available " is not written to the log file if no files are retrieved by the if loop.
Can someone help resolve this and really fast?

Thanks in advance

2 
if [ -f $ff ];
then
echo " todays date is " ${date} >> log_file
echo " file count is  " $count >> log_file
mv filename1 filename2
else 
echo "no files available " >> log_file
fi

You have "space" problems :wink:
And maybe you want to replace ${date} by $(date)

3

hi,
what space problems would you be referring to?

thanks