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Old 11-14-2008
Ignore case in a test?

How do I ignore the case in an if condition..?

EDIT: I put this in the wrong board...this is a linux script.

Code:
if [ "bob" = "Bob" ]
then
  echo "Same name."
else
  echo "Different name."
fi


Last edited by Bandit390; 11-14-2008 at 05:36 PM..
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Old 11-14-2008
one idea would be to convert both to upper or lower case then compare
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