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1. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi I tried the following string comparison script in Ksh88
#!/bin/ksh
str1='aC'
str2='ABC'
if
then
echo "Equal"
else
echo "Not Equal"
fi
Though str1 and str2 are not equal the script output says Equal .
Please correct me
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Hello I'm very new to Linux and shell scripting so I only know basic stuff. I'm making a script with the purpose of finding the longest string or word in a file. Here's what I got so far:
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3. Shell Programming and Scripting
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4. Shell Programming and Scripting
Excuse the terrible title.
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5. Shell Programming and Scripting
hi All
i am facing prob in comparing two strings that have two word.
below is the code snippet.
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if
then
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hi
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8. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi All,
While I am trying to run below code I Am getting the exception like
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if then
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9. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users
I have two strings
a=Mar22
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how can I compare them
Is this fine
if then;
.
...
else
....
fi
or
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10. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi
How do i compare two strings in shell script. Below is an example but I am not getting the desired output, plz help
if
then
echo success
fi
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