# Why my code cannot access or received the echo setup for /tmp and or my cat command not founding the file

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**Tags:** challenge:shell\
**Created:** [March 16, 2025, 5:22pm UTC](https://forum.codecrafters.io/t/why-my-code-cannot-access-or-received-the-echo-setup-for-tmp-and-or-my-cat-command-not-founding-the-file/6920 "2025-03-16T17:22:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![Aergiaaa](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex003/user_avatar/forum.codecrafters.io/aergiaaa/32/6140_2.png) [@Aergiaaa](https://forum.codecrafters.io/u/Aergiaaa)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2025, 5:22pm UTC](https://forum.codecrafters.io/t/why-my-code-cannot-access-or-received-the-echo-setup-for-tmp-and-or-my-cat-command-not-founding-the-file/6920/1 "2025-03-16T17:22:27Z")

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I’m stuck on Stage #NI6.

I’ve tried … every possible way of do it manually and logically for me (with addition of ai support).

Here are my logs:

```auto
remote: [tester::#NI6] Running tests for Stage #NI6 (Quoting - Single quotes)
remote: [tester::#NI6] [setup] export PATH=/tmp/raspberry/pineapple/raspberry:$PATH
remote: [tester::#NI6] Running ./your_program.sh
remote: [tester::#NI6] [setup] echo -n "grape banana." > "/tmp/quz/f 14"
remote: [tester::#NI6] [setup] echo -n "apple blueberry." > "/tmp/quz/f 94"
remote: [tester::#NI6] [setup] echo -n "blueberry pear." > "/tmp/quz/f 63"
remote: [your-program] $ echo 'world example'
remote: [your-program] world example
remote: [tester::#NI6] ✓ Received expected response
remote: [your-program] $ echo example test
remote: [your-program] example test
remote: [tester::#NI6] ✓ Received expected response
remote: [your-program] $ echo 'hello shell' 'test''world'
remote: [your-program] hello shell testworld
remote: [tester::#NI6] ✓ Received expected response
remote: [your-program] $ cat '/tmp/quz/f 14' '/tmp/quz/f 94' '/tmp/quz/f 63'
remote: [your-program] cat: '/tmp/quz/f: No such file or directory
remote: [tester::#NI6] Output does not match expected value.
remote: [tester::#NI6] Expected: "grape banana.apple blueberry.blueberry pear."
remote: [tester::#NI6] Received: "cat: '/tmp/quz/f: No such file or directory"
remote: [your-program] cat: : No such file or directory
remote: [your-program] cat: : No such file or directory
remote: [your-program] cat: 14': No such file or directory
remote: [your-program] cat: '/tmp/quz/f: No such file or directory
remote: [your-program] cat: : No such file or directory
remote: [your-program] cat: : No such file or directory
remote: [your-program] cat: 94': No such file or directory
remote: [your-program] cat: '/tmp/quz/f: No such file or directory
remote: [your-program] cat: : No such file or directory
remote: [your-program] cat: : No such file or directory
remote: [your-program] cat: 63': No such file or directory
remote: [your-program] cat: command not found
remote: [your-program] $
remote: [tester::#NI6] Assertion failed.
remote: [tester::#NI6] Test failed
remote:
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remote:

```

And here’s a snippet of my code:

```auto
func handleEchoCommand(args []string) {
	if len(args) == 1 {
		// prints current (last) exit code when argument is $?
		if args[0] == "$?" {
			return
		}
	}

	// initialized result array for the quoted arguments
	var res []string
	isClosedDoubleQuote := true
	isClosedSingleQuote := true
	for _, arg := range args {

		if strings.Contains(arg, "'") || strings.Contains(arg, "\"") {
			totalDoubleQuote := strings.Count(arg, "\"")
			totalSingleQuote := strings.Count(arg, "'")
			// check if the argument is quoted
			arg = strings.Trim(arg, "'\"")
			arg = strings.ReplaceAll(arg, "'", "")
			if totalDoubleQuote%2 == 1 {
				isClosedDoubleQuote = false
			}
			if totalSingleQuote%2 == 1 {
				isClosedSingleQuote = false
			}
			res = append(res, arg)
			continue
		}

		if !isClosedDoubleQuote || !isClosedSingleQuote && len(arg) == 0 {
			res = append(res, "")
			continue
		}

		// check if the argument is quoted
		arg = strings.ReplaceAll(arg, "\\", "")
		// collecting all the the quoted arguments
		if len(arg) > 0 {
			res = append(res, arg)
		}
	}
	// join the array into a string
	join_res := strings.Join(res, " ")

	fmt.Fprintf(os.Stdout, join_res+"\n")
}

```

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**Author:** ![Aergiaaa](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex003/user_avatar/forum.codecrafters.io/aergiaaa/32/6140_2.png) [@Aergiaaa](https://forum.codecrafters.io/u/Aergiaaa)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2025, 5:27pm UTC](https://forum.codecrafters.io/t/why-my-code-cannot-access-or-received-the-echo-setup-for-tmp-and-or-my-cat-command-not-founding-the-file/6920/3 "2025-03-16T17:27:16Z")

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or is it because my os is windows and the cat cannot receive it because the path is in \ and not / ? and if it true, how to fix it?

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**Author:** ![andy1li](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex003/user_avatar/forum.codecrafters.io/andy1li/32/10_2.png) [@andy1li](https://forum.codecrafters.io/u/andy1li)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2025, 5:11am UTC](https://forum.codecrafters.io/t/why-my-code-cannot-access-or-received-the-echo-setup-for-tmp-and-or-my-cat-command-not-founding-the-file/6920/4 "2025-03-17T05:11:25Z")

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> or is it because my os is windows and the cat cannot receive it because the path is in \ and not / ? and if it true, how to fix it?

Hey @Aergiaaa, that could be the issue! Have you tried replacing `\` with `/` in the path?

If you’d like me to take a closer look, could you [upload your code to GitHub](https://docs.codecrafters.io/features/publish-to-github) and share the link? It will be much easier to debug if I can run it directly.

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**Author:** ![andy1li](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex003/user_avatar/forum.codecrafters.io/andy1li/32/10_2.png) [@andy1li](https://forum.codecrafters.io/u/andy1li)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2025, 11:09am UTC](https://forum.codecrafters.io/t/why-my-code-cannot-access-or-received-the-echo-setup-for-tmp-and-or-my-cat-command-not-founding-the-file/6920/5 "2025-03-24T11:09:48Z")

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Closing this thread due to inactivity. If you still need assistance, feel free to reopen or start a new discussion!

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**Post date:** [March 29, 2025, 11:09am UTC](https://forum.codecrafters.io/t/why-my-code-cannot-access-or-received-the-echo-setup-for-tmp-and-or-my-cat-command-not-founding-the-file/6920/6 "2025-03-29T11:09:55Z")

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