Fedora 8

sangeethaasia · 08-11-2009, 01:08 AM

i am using fedora 8

shell programs are not working

give me some help

sample program is

echo" enter the strings"
read a b
if [$a eq $b]
then
echo "stirngs are equal"
else
echo "strings are not equal"
fi

some times command not line 3 some error , expression not working

Wim Sturkenboom · 08-11-2009, 03:18 AM

Please post the output of the program. 'some error' is not really descriptive to solve the problem.

XavierP · 11-29-2009, 05:12 PM

Hijack split out - though as the hijack is nearly 4 months old, it may be an exercise in futility

chrism01 · 11-30-2009, 12:20 AM

Code:

if [$a eq $b]

1. eq is not a valid bash operator
2. -eq is numeric comparison; string comparator is '=' or '=='
http://tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/comparison-ops.html