Hello there - I have three directories. I would like to compare directory1 with directory2, then take those changes/new files and copy them over to directory3. I was given the following code: #!/bin/bash dir2="d1" dir1="d2" dir3="d3" for file in dir2/*; do file_in_dir1=dir1/$(basename ${file}) if [ ! -e ${file_in_dir1} ]; then # If the file in dir2 does not exist in dir1, copy cp ${file} dir3 elif ! diff ${file} ${file_in_dir1}; then # if the file in dir2 is different then the one in dir1, copy cp ${file} dir3 fi done And I'm getting the following error: 7: Syntax error: word unexpected (expecting "do") I don't have any experience in shell scripting. Can someone tell me what I need to do to get this script working... Thanks! Andrew