Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2013 18:28:38 +0000 From: "Teske, Devin" <Devin.Teske@fisglobal.com> To: Fbsd8 <fbsd8@a1poweruser.com> Cc: FreeBSD questions <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: sh script ? Message-ID: <13CA24D6AB415D428143D44749F57D7201E9D6B1@ltcfiswmsgmb21> In-Reply-To: <5101786C.3070209@a1poweruser.com> References: <5101786C.3070209@a1poweruser.com>
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Use = for string comparison with the [ built-in and -eq for numerical comparison.
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Devin
On Jan 24, 2013, at 10:07 AM, Fbsd8 <fbsd8@a1poweruser.com> wrote:
> I get this message [: 10.0.10.21: bad number on this code
>
> [ "${saved_ip}" -eq "${used_ip}" ] && echo "good match"
>
> Both variables have valid ip addresses in them.
> Why does it think the variable content is a number and not text?
> What am I doing wrong?
>
> Thanks for your help
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