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Old 02-06-2007
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Wink to compare two strings

hi all,
i am new to unix. Actually i need to compare two string and print the result...


suppose type='sun'
if[$type = 'sun' ]; then
echo good morning
else
echo good night
fi


whether the comparison is right r we need to use eq????

help me please....

thanks in advance....
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= is used for string comparison.
eq is used for arithmetic comparison.
what you are doing is right
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