I changed the -eq to "=", but I am still getting the same error:

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I am trying to do a simple file, but I cannot get it to work. Can you please let me know what I may be doing wrong. I am typing this using pico.

#!/bin/bash

echo -n "What is your last name?>"
read text
echo -n "Are you male or female?>"
read sex
if ($sex = "male"); then
echo "Hello Mr. $text"
else
echo "Hello Ms. $text"
fi

This is the output I receive:

What is your last name?>mmmmmmmm
Are you male or female?>male
./morf.test: line 7: male: command not found
Hello Ms. mmmmmmmm

I have not checked every line of code, but a test statement goes like this:

if [ $sex = "male" ]

Note that "[" is a synonym for "test", and that the space before and after is required

#!/bin/bash

echo -n "What is your last name?>"
read text
echo -n "Are you male or female?>"
read sex
if [ $sex = "male" ]; then
echo "Hello Mr. $text"
else
echo "Hello Ms. $text"
fi

Exactly as pixellany said, in short.