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Old 05-28-2005
Retaining value in var for flag.

I have problem like this :

while loop

1 var=some expression

2 if [ $var -ne $oldVar ] then
3 Do something
4 oldVar=$var
5 fi

6 done

Then, I am facing error at line number 2, mentioning invalid argument. Can anyone please help me for, How to retain value in oldVar?
# 2  
Old 05-28-2005
if [ "$var" -ne "$oldVar" ]; then
# 3  
Old 05-28-2005
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Then, I am facing error at line number 2, mentioning invalid argument. Can anyone please help me for, How to retain value in oldVar?
Is var and oldvar holding integers ??
# 4  
Old 05-31-2005
Yes, var & oldvar hold integer value.
# 5  
Old 05-31-2005
To be safe, oldvar should be defined prior to the loop.
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