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# 8  
Old 01-24-2013
Quote:
Originally Posted by Manueldo
Yes, I have changed but it gives me wrong things.
Code:
./match: line 5: [apple=apple]: command not found
./match: line 5: [table=apple]: command not found
./match: line 5: [home=apple]: command not found

i think i know what goes wrong with your code you missed the spaces

it's
Code:
  if [ "$a" = "$program" ]; then     echo "$a $b"   fi

and not

Code:
  if ["$a" = "$program"]; then     echo "$a $b"   fi

you better check your program
# 9  
Old 01-24-2013
White space is good, free, use it wisely to separate and indent for structure.
Code:
if [ "$a" = "$program" ]
 then
  echo "$a $b"
 fi

It turns out that '[' is a command file originally, a hard link to 'test', although ksh and bash have built it in to save exec()'s.
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