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Old 12-29-2008
how to compare two lines using shell script?

how to compare two lines using shell script?
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Old 12-29-2008
Code:
#!/bin/bash

line1="hello1"
line2="hello1"

if [ "$line1" = "$line2" ]
then
echo match

else

echo not a match

fi

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