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While loop problems

Here it wont terminate unless i take the not of my statement

#!/bin/bash
grabXML
parseXML
TAIL=5
#"$(cat dailyCasLog | tail -n 1)"
COUNT=200
LINE=5
#"$(cat dailyCasLog | head -n $COUNT | tail -n 1)"
echo $TAIL
echo $LINE
while ($LINE!=)
do
#$LINE">>currentLine

folderMaker

#moveBackup
#ftp -v -n "$LINE"
#user "" ""
#cd PATH to backup
#get the files
#bye
COUNT=$(expr $COUNT + 1)
echo $COUNT

echo $LINE y
echo $TAIL y
LINE="$(cat dailyCasLog|head -n $COUNT | tail -n 1)"
done
exit 0

itll just continue to loop forever

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NAME

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SYNOPSIS

     tail [-F | -f | -r] [-b number | -c number | -n number] [file ...]

DESCRIPTION

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     -b number
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     -c number
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	     -c and -n options.  When the -r option is specified, these options specify the number of bytes, lines or 512-byte blocks to display,
	     instead of the bytes, lines or blocks from the beginning or end of the input from which to begin the display.  The default for the -r
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     of the file.

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     The tail utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.

SEE ALSO

     cat(1), head(1), sed(1)

STANDARDS

     The tail utility is expected to be a superset of the IEEE Std 1003.2-1992 (``POSIX.2'') specification.  In particular, the -F, -b and -r
     options are extensions to that standard.

     The historic command line syntax of tail is supported by this implementation.  The only difference between this implementation and historic
     versions of tail, once the command line syntax translation has been done, is that the -b, -c and -n options modify the -r option, i.e. ``-r
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HISTORY

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