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Old 09-20-2006
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comparing two strings
Hi

How do i compare two strings in shell script. Below is an example but I am not getting the desired output, plz help

Code:
if [ $Name = 'Ragha' AND $Status = 'Active' ]
then
echo success
fi
I am not getting the desired output if I do this. plz help
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doing 'man test' yields the following:
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          condition1 -a condition2
                True if both condition1 and condition2 are  true.
                The -a binary primary is left associative and has
                higher precedence than the -o binary primary.

          condition1 -o condition2
                True if either condition1 or condition2 is  true.
                The -o binary primary is left associative.
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hi

what if I have a condition like this

Code:
if [ $Name = 'Ragha%' -a  $Status = 'Active%' ]
then
echo success
fi
I am not getting the result in this case
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what are the values of '$Name' and '$Status' ?
can you can the script with the 'set -x' option and provide the output?
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Hi vgersh..

The problem is actually with the loop. The condition is working fine. In this code when the condition satisifies it has to give output an output like this

sble01
ALLTEL - WebOrders WorkMon Shutting
down
success

sble01
ALLTEL WorkMon24Hrs
Running

but it is giving output as below
sble01
ALLTEL - WebOrders WorkMon Shutting
down
success

success <----------------This shouldnt appear here
sble01
ALLTEL WorkMon24Hrs
Running


pls see the code and find out the error

Code:
until [ $i -eq ${#wfname[*]} ]
do
      
$SIEBEL_ROOT/bin/srvrmgr -g $SIEBEL_GATEWAY -e $SIEBEL_ENTERPRISE -s $SIEBEL_SERVER -u n9912499 -p n9912499 -c "list component '${wfname[$i]}' show SV_NAME, CC_NAME, CP_DISP_RUN_STATE" -o "$temp_output"  
sed -n "/^SV_NAME/,$ p" < $temp_output | sed "/rows* returned/,$ d" | awk '
NR > 2 {n = split($0,arr," ")
printf("%s|",arr[1])
for( k = 2; k <=n-1;++k) printf("%s ",arr[k])
printf("\b|%s\n",arr[n]) }' > temp
old_IFS=$IFS
IFS="|"
while read SV_NAME CC_NAME CP_DISP_RUN_STATE
do
echo $SV_NAME
echo $CC_NAME
echo $CP_DISP_RUN_STATE

if [ "${wfname[$i]}" != "ALLTEL - WebOrders WorkActn" ]
then
if [ "$CP_DISP_RUN_STATE" != "${status[0]}" ]
then
echo success
fi
elif [ "${wfname[$i]}" = "ALLTEL - WebOrders WorkActn" ] 
then
if [ "$CP_DISP_RUN_STATE" != "${status[1]}" ]
then
echo good
fi
fi
done < temp
((i=i+1))
done
thanks a lot
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I really don't have much time to debug tthis, but you could start [as suggested] by putting the 'set -x' at the top of your script and see what gets executed and how things get 'compared'.

Good luck.
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i did a set -x.. this is the output I get

Code:
 + read SV_NAME CC_NAME CP_DISP_RUN_STATE
+ echo sble01
sble01
+ echo ALLTEL - WebOrders WorkMon Shutting
ALLTEL - WebOrders WorkMon Shutting
+ echo down
down
+ [ ALLTEL - WebOrders WorkMon != ALLTEL - WebOrders WorkActn ]
+ [ down != Running ]
+ echo success
success
+ read SV_NAME CC_NAME CP_DISP_RUN_STATE
+ echo

+ echo
+ echo

+ [ ALLTEL - WebOrders WorkMon != ALLTEL - WebOrders WorkActn ]
+ [  != Running ]
+ echo success
success
+ read SV_NAME CC_NAME CP_DISP_RUN_STATE
+ (( i=i+1 ))
+ [ 1 -eq 2 ]
+ /siebel/sble01/siebsrvr/bin/srvrmgr -g lfs6217q.alltel.com -e esble -s sble01 -u n9912499 -p n9912499 -c list component 'ALLTEL WorkMon24Hrs' show SV_NAME, CC_NAME, CP_DISP_RUN_STATE -o /siebel/sble01/siebfile/batch//WorkflowMon/log/temp_20060920_170358.out
+ sed -n /^SV_NAME/,$ p
+ 0< /siebel/sble01/siebfile/batch//WorkflowMon/log/temp_20060920_170358.out
+ sed /rows* returned/,$ d
+ awk
NR > 2 {n = split($0,arr," ")
printf("%s|",arr[1])
for( k = 2; k <=n-1;++k) printf("%s ",arr[k])
printf("\b|%s\n",arr[n]) }
+ 1> temp
+ old_IFS=|
+ IFS=|
+ set -x
+ 0< temp
+ read SV_NAME CC_NAME CP_DISP_RUN_STATE
+ echo sble01
sble01
+ echo ALLTEL WorkMon24Hrs
ALLTEL WorkMon24Hrs
+ echo Running
Running
+ [ ALLTEL WorkMon24Hrs != ALLTEL - WebOrders WorkActn ]
+ [ Running != Running ]
+ read SV_NAME CC_NAME CP_DISP_RUN_STATE
+ echo

+ echo
+ echo

+ [ ALLTEL WorkMon24Hrs != ALLTEL - WebOrders WorkActn ]
+ [  != Running ]
+ echo success
success
+ read SV_NAME CC_NAME CP_DISP_RUN_STATE
+ (( i=i+1 ))
+ [ 2 -eq 2 ]
Can you help me with this..
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