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Willo
 PostPosted: Fri May 28, 2010 2:37 am   

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all i need too do, is read a file, assign the number too variable, and use an if statement soo see if the number is 1 or 0
Code:
my_variable2= cat truec
my_variable= cat config
echo $my_variable
echo $my_variable2

if [ "$my_variable" = "$my_variable2" ]; then
   echo "working"
else
   echo "not"


config contains the number 2 and truec the number 1, yet it always says they are equal and outputs working.

its probably somthing simple

thanks for any help!
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DarthWavy
 PostPosted: Fri May 28, 2010 2:59 am   
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Code:
my_variable2=$(cat truec)
my_variable=$(cat config)

echo $my_variable
echo $my_variable2

if [ "$my_variable" == "$my_variable2" ]; then
   echo "working"
else
   echo "not"
fi
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TheBonsai
 PostPosted: Sat May 29, 2010 2:30 am   

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Also consider to use the following syntax:
Code:
var=$(< file)


Just optics for you, nothing serious.
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