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# 1  
Old 01-15-2008
String comparision in shell scripting

Hi Guys,

I am new to scripting

I have written a code to compare strings,but I am getting some Exception

Code snippet:

MODE="D"
if [[ $MODE = "D" ]]; then
. $file1
fi

Error:
./BatchJobs.sh: [[: execute permission denied

I have given all Execute permissions to the script(chmod 755 BatchJobs.sh)


Can anybody help me in this


Thanks in advance
# 2  
Old 01-15-2008
Thanks all of you guys,

The Answer for above is

if [ "$MODE" = "D" ]
then
. $file1
fi


Thanks alot
# 3  
Old 01-15-2008
Hey this was useful for me too .. Thanks
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