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# 1  
Old 01-27-2012
Why does my test fail ??
Hello,

I am stuck... i dunno why does my test fail... any idea ?
Code:
#!/bin/bash
dos2unix info.txt
Distor=Distributeur
LINE=$(cat info.txt | sed -n 1p)
echo $LINE
echo $Distor
echo ""
echo "123-$LINE-123"
echo "123-$Distor-123"
if [ "$LINE" = "$Distor" ]; then
LINE2=$(cat info.txt | sed -n 2p)
echo $Distor
echo $LINE2
else
echo failed
fi

output:
Code:
Distributeur
Distributeur

123-Distributeur-123
123-Distributeur-123
failed

# 2  
Old 01-27-2012
you can read the first line without putting cat and sed in backticks by doing read LINE < file to avoid using anything but pure shell builtins.

Are you sure that one of those "Distributeur" doesn't have an accent on the e or something? It looks like a French word.
# 3  
Old 01-27-2012
Tthere are no accents on Distributeur... it does not seems to have any trailing space or line return either...

thank you
Last edited by patx; 01-27-2012 at 04:18 PM..
# 4  
Old 01-27-2012
Quote:
Originally Posted by patx
Yeah good point, i used read LINE < info.txt but i had problems with trailing line return to be included into the variable
Had problems with it being included, or without it being included?

If it was being included, you had a strange value of IFS being set. If it wasn't set and you didn't need one, I'm not sure why you'd need one.

Could you attach the text file itself, or at least the first 2 lines of it?
# 5  
Old 01-27-2012
info.txt before stripping accents:

Before i did a dos2unix the read LINE < info.txt was including a line return into the variable

Code:
Distributeur
Alliance Vivafilm
Origine
États-Unis
Genre
Suspense
Durée
1h46
Classification

Synopsis
D’aussi loin qu’il se souvienne, Nathan Harper (Taylor Lautner) a toujours eu le sentiment de vivre la vie de quelqu’un d’autre. Lorsqu’il tombe sur une photo de lui petit sur un site Web listant des enfants disparus, ses pires cauchemars deviennent réalité : ses parents ne sont pas les siens et toute sa vie est un mensonge fabriqué pour cacher quelque chose d'encore plus mystérieux et dangereux qu’il ne peut l’imaginer.
Site officiel
http://www.abductionthefilm.com/
 Critiques des internautes&nbsp;&nbsp;|&nbsp;
v.f. de Abduction
Réalisation: John Singleton
Distribution: Alfred Molina, Jason Isaacs, Lily Collins, Maria Bello, Sigourney Weaver, Taylor Lautner.

# 6  
Old 01-27-2012
By copy-pasting it into a web browser you've put it through many layers of translation. I doubt the problem would exist if I used the text from your post.

By attach, I mean attach. As a file attachment.
# 7  
Old 01-27-2012
ho attach you said... here it is
info.txt (788 Bytes) 
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