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# 1  
Old 09-20-2006
comparing two strings
Hi

How do i compare two strings in shell script. Below is an example but I am not getting the desired output, plz help

Code:
if [ $Name = 'Ragha' AND $Status = 'Active' ]
then
echo success
fi

I am not getting the desired output if I do this. plz help
# 2  
Old 09-20-2006
doing 'man test' yields the following:
Code:
          condition1 -a condition2
                True if both condition1 and condition2 are  true.
                The -a binary primary is left associative and has
                higher precedence than the -o binary primary.

          condition1 -o condition2
                True if either condition1 or condition2 is  true.
                The -o binary primary is left associative.

# 3  
Old 09-20-2006
hi

what if I have a condition like this

Code:
if [ $Name = 'Ragha%' -a  $Status = 'Active%' ]
then
echo success
fi

I am not getting the result in this case
# 4  
Old 09-20-2006
what are the values of '$Name' and '$Status' ?
can you can the script with the 'set -x' option and provide the output?
# 5  
Old 09-20-2006
Hi vgersh..

The problem is actually with the loop. The condition is working fine. In this code when the condition satisifies it has to give output an output like this

sble01
ALLTEL - WebOrders WorkMon Shutting
down
success

sble01
ALLTEL WorkMon24Hrs
Running

but it is giving output as below
sble01
ALLTEL - WebOrders WorkMon Shutting
down
success

success <----------------This shouldnt appear here
sble01
ALLTEL WorkMon24Hrs
Running


pls see the code and find out the error

Code:
until [ $i -eq ${#wfname[*]} ]
do
      
$SIEBEL_ROOT/bin/srvrmgr -g $SIEBEL_GATEWAY -e $SIEBEL_ENTERPRISE -s $SIEBEL_SERVER -u n9912499 -p n9912499 -c "list component '${wfname[$i]}' show SV_NAME, CC_NAME, CP_DISP_RUN_STATE" -o "$temp_output"  
sed -n "/^SV_NAME/,$ p" < $temp_output | sed "/rows* returned/,$ d" | awk '
NR > 2 {n = split($0,arr," ")
printf("%s|",arr[1])
for( k = 2; k <=n-1;++k) printf("%s ",arr[k])
printf("\b|%s\n",arr[n]) }' > temp
old_IFS=$IFS
IFS="|"
while read SV_NAME CC_NAME CP_DISP_RUN_STATE
do
echo $SV_NAME
echo $CC_NAME
echo $CP_DISP_RUN_STATE

if [ "${wfname[$i]}" != "ALLTEL - WebOrders WorkActn" ]
then
if [ "$CP_DISP_RUN_STATE" != "${status[0]}" ]
then
echo success
fi
elif [ "${wfname[$i]}" = "ALLTEL - WebOrders WorkActn" ] 
then
if [ "$CP_DISP_RUN_STATE" != "${status[1]}" ]
then
echo good
fi
fi
done < temp
((i=i+1))
done

thanks a lot
# 6  
Old 09-20-2006
I really don't have much time to debug tthis, but you could start [as suggested] by putting the 'set -x' at the top of your script and see what gets executed and how things get 'compared'.

Good luck.
# 7  
Old 09-20-2006
i did a set -x.. this is the output I get

Code:
 + read SV_NAME CC_NAME CP_DISP_RUN_STATE
+ echo sble01
sble01
+ echo ALLTEL - WebOrders WorkMon Shutting
ALLTEL - WebOrders WorkMon Shutting
+ echo down
down
+ [ ALLTEL - WebOrders WorkMon != ALLTEL - WebOrders WorkActn ]
+ [ down != Running ]
+ echo success
success
+ read SV_NAME CC_NAME CP_DISP_RUN_STATE
+ echo

+ echo
+ echo

+ [ ALLTEL - WebOrders WorkMon != ALLTEL - WebOrders WorkActn ]
+ [  != Running ]
+ echo success
success
+ read SV_NAME CC_NAME CP_DISP_RUN_STATE
+ (( i=i+1 ))
+ [ 1 -eq 2 ]
+ /siebel/sble01/siebsrvr/bin/srvrmgr -g lfs6217q.alltel.com -e esble -s sble01 -u n9912499 -p n9912499 -c list component 'ALLTEL WorkMon24Hrs' show SV_NAME, CC_NAME, CP_DISP_RUN_STATE -o /siebel/sble01/siebfile/batch//WorkflowMon/log/temp_20060920_170358.out
+ sed -n /^SV_NAME/,$ p
+ 0< /siebel/sble01/siebfile/batch//WorkflowMon/log/temp_20060920_170358.out
+ sed /rows* returned/,$ d
+ awk
NR > 2 {n = split($0,arr," ")
printf("%s|",arr[1])
for( k = 2; k <=n-1;++k) printf("%s ",arr[k])
printf("\b|%s\n",arr[n]) }
+ 1> temp
+ old_IFS=|
+ IFS=|
+ set -x
+ 0< temp
+ read SV_NAME CC_NAME CP_DISP_RUN_STATE
+ echo sble01
sble01
+ echo ALLTEL WorkMon24Hrs
ALLTEL WorkMon24Hrs
+ echo Running
Running
+ [ ALLTEL WorkMon24Hrs != ALLTEL - WebOrders WorkActn ]
+ [ Running != Running ]
+ read SV_NAME CC_NAME CP_DISP_RUN_STATE
+ echo

+ echo
+ echo

+ [ ALLTEL WorkMon24Hrs != ALLTEL - WebOrders WorkActn ]
+ [  != Running ]
+ echo success
success
+ read SV_NAME CC_NAME CP_DISP_RUN_STATE
+ (( i=i+1 ))
+ [ 2 -eq 2 ]

Can you help me with this..
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