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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Bash if run a command Post 302920386 by cokedude on Thursday 9th of October 2014 06:21:58 AM
Old 10-09-2014
Bash if run a command

I am having trouble with bash. I am trying to put a command in an if statement and then compare it to a string.

This works perfectly.

Code:
echo $(ipcs | grep Shared | awk '{print $2}')

When I put it in an if statement I get some problems.

Code:
$ if [ "$(ipcs | grep Shared | awk '{print $2}')" -eq "Shared"]; then                echo expression evaluated as true;             else                echo expression evaluated as false;             fi
bash: [: missing `]'
expression evaluated as false

$ if [ "$(ipcs | grep Shared | awk '{print $2}')" = "Shared"]; then                echo expression evaluated as true;             else                echo expression evaluated as false;             fi
bash: [: missing `]'
expression evaluated as false

$ if [ "$(ipcs | grep Shared | awk '{print $2}')" == "Shared"]; then                echo expression evaluated as true;             else                echo expression evaluated as false;             fi
bash: [: missing `]'
expression evaluated as false

I tried ==, =, and -eq because I wasn't sure which one to use.
 

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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
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