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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers == vs -eq and functions Post 302522656 by fpmurphy on Monday 16th of May 2011 08:44:53 AM
Old 05-16-2011
For strings:

string1 == string2
True if the strings are equal.


For numbers:
Code:
A=10

if (( A == 10 ))
then
    echo "true"
fi
if [[ A -eq 10 ]]
then
    echo "true too"
fi
if [[ $A == 10 ]]
then
    echo "true also"
fi

 

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