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How can i check for a day

Hi,

When i tried this I am getting bad number
if [[ $(date '+%a') -eq Sat ]]; then now=saturday echo $now; else now=notsaturday echo $now; fi

How can i check for the same.

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(I am new to Unix and so i raise some silly questions, please dont mistake me)
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if [[ $(date '+%a') = Sat ]]; then
now=saturday
echo $now
else
now=notsaturday
echo $now
fi

Note: -eq is meant for numeric comaprisions.
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Hi ,

With you people around , I think i can go for some complicated scripts.
I am really happy with the way I am getting the replies.

Thanks vgersh99 & Rishi (for correcting me about eq sign and for providing the solution).

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