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Old 04-18-2008
Test variable
hi,
i store a constant in a variable and want to test whether it is M or Z.
how can i achieve this?? please help
Code:
variable='M'
if [ $variable = 'M' ]
then
ehco 'success'
fi;

is this right ??
Last edited by Yogesh Sawant; 04-18-2008 at 04:58 AM.. Reason: added code tags
# 2  
Old 04-18-2008
Quote:
Originally Posted by javeed7
hi,
i store a constant in a variable and want to test whether it is M or Z.
how can i achieve this?? please help
Code:
variable='M'
if [ $variable = 'M' ]
then
ehco 'success'
fi;

is this right ??
i will let somebody else answer that. i prefer case
Code:
case $variable in 
 "M" ) echo "yup " ;;
 * ) echo "nope" ;;
esac

# 3  
Old 04-19-2008
Quote:
Originally Posted by javeed7
hi,
i store a constant in a variable and want to test whether it is M or Z.
how can i achieve this?? please help
Code:
variable='M'
if [ $variable = 'M' ]
then
ehco 'success'
fi;

is this right ??

Like ghostdog, I prefer to use case, but yours will work (almost).

The variable should be quoted or you will get a syntax error if it is empty.

Code:
variable=M
if [ "$variable" = M ]
then
  echo success
fi

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