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Old 06-03-2009
logical expressions
Hi Fdz,

I have to verify the length of two uids are equals to 11 or not. The conditions is both lengths should be 11.I tried with this logic expr. am unable to get correct results.(Shell script in Unix i need)

if [ $START_USER_ID -eq 11 && $END_USER_ID -eq 11 ]
do
echo"Results"
done


Thanx
# 2  
Old 06-03-2009
Hint:
Code:
$ VAR1=asdf; echo ${#VAR1}
4
$ VAR1=asdf1234; echo ${#VAR1}
8

# 3  
Old 06-03-2009
Code:
if [  ${#START_USER_ID} -eq 11 -a ${#END_USER_ID} -eq 11 ]
then
echo "done"
fi

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