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12-04-2005

grahamb

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LHS of "if" must be quoted.

Hi djt !

One of the reasons why your script does not work is that the left side MUST be in quotes, eg:

Code:

if [ "$number" = "1" ]; then
    echo "Number equals 1"
else
    echo "Number does not equal 1"
fi

Refer to this link for excellent explanation: http://linuxcommand.org/wss0100.php

Hope that was helpful

Regards
Graham