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# 1  
Old 12-23-2013
Compare strings with space in if statement
Code:
DEV> vi test_if_statement.sh 
"test_if_statement.sh" [Incomplete last line] 9 lines, 205 characters 
proc_out="Normal completion"
proc_out_comp="Normal completion"
echo 'proc_out:'$proc_out
echo 'proc_out_comp:'$proc_out_comp
if [ $proc_out = "Normal completion" ] then
echo 'match'
else
echo 'no_match'
fi
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:q!
->DEV> test_if_statement.sh 
proc_out:Normal completion
proc_out_comp:Normal completion
./test_if_statement.sh: line 7: syntax error near unexpected token `else'
./test_if_statement.sh: line 7: `else'
->DEV>

Any idea how to get 'match in the result?
# 2  
Old 12-23-2013
Hi,
You must protect your variable with "...".
So, replace:
if [ $proc_out = "Normal completion" ]
by
if [ "$proc_out" = "Normal completion" ]

And add a newline in last line (you should check if your file is not a "dos file")

EDIT: I didn't saw semi-colon missing !!! Smilie
Regards.
Last edited by disedorgue; 12-23-2013 at 04:27 PM..
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# 3  
Old 12-23-2013
Assuming your test is how you want it, note the red semi-colon.
EDIT: Take note of disedorgue's comments for your test proceedure.
Code:
if [ $proc_out = "Normal completion" ]; then
        echo 'match'
else
        echo 'no_match'
fi

OR
Code:
if [ $proc_out = "Normal completion" ]
then
        echo 'match'
else
        echo 'no_match'
fi

Last edited by wisecracker; 12-23-2013 at 03:52 PM.. Reason: See above...
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# 4  
Old 12-23-2013
There needs to be a ; or a <new line> char in front of the "then".
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# 5  
Old 12-23-2013
moving "then" to next line and enclosing the variable within double quotes did the trick.

Thank you all. This was very helpful
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