Shell Programming and Scripting

thank you! I knew it would be something simple.

Really appreciated your help

Huh, saw the quotes, didn't think that was the issue
I thought the issue was = vs ==

the issue was spaces around '='.
The quotation is just the BestPractice.

Oh right *facepalm* .. totally missed that
I saw the quotes, thought "well, that might help, but shouldn't matter"
I saw the =, and thought "Oh, that's not right, needs to be =="
and for some reason didn't register the spaces.

I don't pick up on those details as quick sometimes, as I'm just used to writing code like this:

Code:

if [[ "${VAR}" == "Value" ]]
then
  echo true
else
  echo false
fi

I believe the double [[ isn't really necessary either, is it? (question for different thread - no worries )

The standard ways to perform this comparison are:

Code:

if [ "${VAR}" = 'Value' ]
then
  echo true
else
  echo false
fi

and:

Code:

if test "${VAR}" = 'Value'
then
  echo true
else
  echo false
fi

Single quotes or double quotes surrounding Value are good conventions, but not strictly necessary in this case. Some shells accept ==, some shells accept [[ expr ]], but portable shell scripts should use one of the above forms instead.

Good to know - Thank-you!