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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting String == isn't working in [[-test Post 302671803 by agama on Saturday 14th of July 2012 04:06:40 PM
Old 07-14-2012
The expression that is contained within double braces can take many forms, but the general syntax is one of

Code:
<operator> <string>

or
Code:
<operator> <filename>

or
Code:
<string> <operator> <pattern>

Because the strings and filenames do not need to be quoted, there is no way for the interpreter to determine whether xx is a string or a variable name that should be expanded. Thus, you must explicitly dereference the variables you wish to have expanded as you have done in your first working example.

This is different than in arithmetic expressions (( expression )) where the interpreter can assume that any string references are variable names to be evaluated as such.

You might want to read over the information here:
Bash Reference Manual
 

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RBASH(1)						      General Commands Manual							  RBASH(1)

NAME
rbash - restricted bash, see bash(1) RESTRICTED SHELL
If bash is started with the name rbash, or the -r option is supplied at invocation, the shell becomes restricted. A restricted shell is used to set up an environment more controlled than the standard shell. It behaves identically to bash with the exception that the follow- ing are disallowed or not performed: o changing directories with cd o setting or unsetting the values of SHELL, PATH, ENV, or BASH_ENV o specifying command names containing / o specifying a file name containing a / as an argument to the . builtin command o specifying a filename containing a slash as an argument to the -p option to the hash builtin command o importing function definitions from the shell environment at startup o parsing the value of SHELLOPTS from the shell environment at startup o redirecting output using the >, >|, <>, >&, &>, and >> redirection operators o using the exec builtin command to replace the shell with another command o adding or deleting builtin commands with the -f and -d options to the enable builtin command o using the enable builtin command to enable disabled shell builtins o specifying the -p option to the command builtin command o turning off restricted mode with set +r or set +o restricted. These restrictions are enforced after any startup files are read. When a command that is found to be a shell script is executed, rbash turns off any restrictions in the shell spawned to execute the script. SEE ALSO
bash(1) GNU Bash-4.0 2004 Apr 20 RBASH(1)
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