Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2013 13:29:49 -0500 From: Rick Miller <vmiller@hostileadmin.com> To: Fbsd8 <fbsd8@a1poweruser.com> Cc: FreeBSD questions <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: sh script ? Message-ID: <CAHzLAVGDZ4GKYMghqLHYOcgM8YkZhFP1Dp89t_10uK1xCD_5GQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <5101786C.3070209@a1poweruser.com> References: <5101786C.3070209@a1poweruser.com>
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On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 1:07 PM, 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?
The -eq operator is used to compare integers. When comparing strings,
use the == operator.
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Take care
Rick Miller
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