Shell Programming and Scripting

read inp; 
echo $inp;
if [ `grep -s -c "$inp" abc.lst` -gt 0 ]; then 
echo "matching"; 
else 
echo "notmatching"; 
fi

#!/usr/bin/env python
userinput = raw_input("Enter user input: ")
for line in open("file"):
    line=line.strip()
    if line==userinput:
        print "same"

$ 
$ cat abc.lst
2343         
3214         
45654        
563456       
5436         
$            
$ cat readcmp.pl
#!/usr/bin/perl -w
print "Enter number to be compared : ";
chomp($num = <STDIN>);
open(LST,"abc.lst") or die "Can't open abc.lst: $!";
while (<LST>) {
  chomp;
  if ($_ < $num)    { printf("%8d is less than    %d\n",$_,$num) }
  elsif ($_ > $num) { printf("%8d is greater than %d\n",$_,$num) }
  else              { printf("%8d is equal to     %d\n",$_,$num) }
}
close(LST) or die "Can't close abc.lst: $!";

$
$ perl readcmp.pl
Enter number to be compared : 1234
    2343 is greater than 1234
    3214 is greater than 1234
   45654 is greater than 1234
  563456 is greater than 1234
    5436 is greater than 1234
$
$ perl readcmp.pl
Enter number to be compared : 50000
    2343 is less than    50000
    3214 is less than    50000
   45654 is less than    50000
  563456 is greater than 50000
    5436 is less than    50000
$
$ perl readcmp.pl
Enter number to be compared : 45654
    2343 is less than    45654
    3214 is less than    45654
   45654 is equal to     45654
  563456 is greater than 45654
    5436 is less than    45654
$