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03-22-2007
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Comparing strings
I have two strings
a=Mar22 b=may21 how can I compare them Is this fine if[ $a -eq $b ] then; . ... else .... fi or if[ $a = $b ] then 
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03-22-2007
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for string comparisions we generally use = operator.
-eq is used for integer comparisons. if [ "str1" = "str2" ] then fi will do your task .
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