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Top Forums UNIX for Beginners Questions & Answers Comparing 2 variables in UNIX Post 303031303 by wisecracker on Monday 25th of February 2019 05:28:50 PM
Old 02-25-2019
You could try something like this quick and dirty approach:
Code:
#!/bin/ksh
# similar.sh

ifs_old="${IFS}"
IFS="/"

VAR1=describe/read/write
VAR2=read/write/describe

VAR3=( ${VAR1} )
VAR4=( ${VAR2} )
count=1

for string in ${VAR3[0]} ${VAR3[1]} ${VAR3[2]}
do
    for n in 0 1 2
    do
        if [ "${VAR4[${n}]}" = "${string}" ]
        then
            if [ ${count} -eq 3 ]
            then
                echo "Two variables, VAR1 and VAR2 are similar!"
            fi
            count=$(( count+1 ))
        fi
    done
done

IFS="${ifs_old}"


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MBK_WORK_LIB(1) 					     MBK ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES						   MBK_WORK_LIB(1)

NAME
MBK_WORK_LIB - define the mbk working directory SYNOPSYS
c-shell running setenv MBK_WORK_LIB unix path ORIGIN
This software belongs to the ALLIANCE CAD SYSTEM developed by the ASIM team at LIP6 laboratory of Universite Pierre et Marie CURIE, in Paris, France. Web : http://asim.lip6.fr/recherche/alliance/ E-mail : alliance-users@asim.lip6.fr DESCRIPTION
MBK_WORK_LIB sets the directory where are saved the results of an invocation of mbk or genlib. This directory is considered to be, from an mbk point of view, read and write. Also, when a file is searched for reading, the first directory to be looked at is the MBK_WORK_LIB, and then the one defined in MBK_CATA_LIB(1). The unix path argument must be a actually accessible path on your host machine. ERRORS
"mbk_fopen : can't open file 'unix_path/file.xx'" This occurs when either the unix path is irrelevent, or when the file doesn't exist if it is open for reading, or when you don't have the right on the file or directory while trying to write it. EXAMPLE
setenv MBK_WORK_LIB ~fred/crechan/uom SEE ALSO
mbk(3), genlib(1), MBK_CATA_LIB(1). BUG REPORT
This tool is under development at the ASIM department of the LIP6 laboratory. We need your feedback to improve documentation and tools. ASIM
/LIP6 October 1, 1997 MBK_WORK_LIB(1)
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