11-29-2008
String compare in shell script
Iam trying to compare the string in if else... but some how its not working
following is the code
Quote:
if [ "${dbfiles[$l]}" -eq "${patchfiles[$k]}" ];
then
echo matched;
fi
On executing the above one its giving a error message ': bad number'
in the above parameter l & k are numbers and dbfiles and patchefiles are array
If i do echo ift working fine
echo ${dbfiles[$l]}
Iam trying to compare strings in array... any help on how it can be done.
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