Comparing working directory with "string" [duplicate]

Question

I'm trying to compare the current working directory's path with my home directory's path.

user@machine:~$ echo $PWD
/home/user
user@machine:~$ if ["$PWD" = "/home/user"]; then echo True; else echo False; fi
bash: [/home/user: No such file or directory
False
user@machine:~$ if ["$PWD" = "whatever"]; then echo True; else echo False; fi
bash: [/home/user: No such file or directory
False

I expected it to print True in the second command and False in the third, while not printing bash: [/home/user: No such file or directory. Why is it printing this and how do I get it to work as I wanted to?

Answer 1

you're appending [ to $PWD.

try:

user@machine:~$ if [ "$PWD" = "/home/user" ];