Comparing 2 text strings

[Larshg]

Hi

I need to be able to compare 2 text strings
ex

a=test
b=test

if [ $a -eq $b ]
then
echo "Hurra"
else
echo "Bummer"
fi

But this doesn't work!

Thanks

 

[danielhozac]

if [ "$a" = "$b" ]

works on my systems. //Daniel

 

[mrjazz]

Hi,

the following operators compare strings and integers respectively (which might be a bit confusing) in Korn Shell scripts:

#!/bin/ksh

var1=1
var2=1.0

# string comparison:

[[ $var1 = $var2 ]] && echo "they are equal as strings..." || echo "they are not equal as strings..."

# integer comparison

[[ $var1 -eq $var2 ]] && echo "they are equal as integers..." || echo "they are not equal as integers..."

exit 0

I hope this small example helps

mrjazz

 

[nkm]

Hi

For numeric comparisons use
-eq -ne -lt -gt -le -ge

for string comparisons use the operators
= < > !=

 

[jamisar]

for strings:
case $first in $second) echo EQUAL
;; *) echo NOT EQUAL
;; esac -----------
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