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    In general, instead of writing "I'm getting an error" please don't leave use guessing but state clearly and completely what the error message is. Same thing for "when I try to run this" please show us exactly how you run it Commented Sep 24, 2021 at 22:18
  • In this particular case, you could just drop the -e tests, since -r includes the test for existence. So just if [ -r file.txt ] && [ -r file2.txt ]; then ... Commented Sep 25, 2021 at 7:49