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Hi All,

I have list such as

list1:

Code:

Honda, toyota, GMC

list2:

Code:

kia, chrysler, toyota

Code:

when list1 match with list2 then
   echo "run this script"
else
   echo "run the script2"

can somone please let me how can I accomplish this in korn shell. The values from the list1 are passed to the script as a runtime parameters.

I tried somethis like this,

Code:

if [ $list1 != $list2 ]; then 
   echo "run this script"
else
   echo "run the script2"

when I ran the script, ksh myscript toyota
the script is comparing toyota with kia from list2 and displaying echo "run this script"


however I have toyota in the list2.

Thanks
pavan

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The data from list2 will be coming from database. Not always sorted. I can sort this data but the data from the list1 will never be sorted.

Moderator's Comments:

Use code tags, see PM.

do you want to compare element by element in the lists, or just find if an element in list 1 is somewhere in list 2 (or an element in list 2 is in list 1 somewhere)

I don't have to compare element by element in the lists.

Just find

if an element in list1 is somewhere in list 2 then
echo "run the script2"
else
echo "run the script1"

Thanks
Pavan