https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/bash-script/m-p/3072332#M141024 Hi all together,<BR /><BR />only a short tiny thing: I am writing a short bash script but can not remember what the correct syntax is to compare the content of two shell variables in an if statement.<BR /><BR />Thought it is:<BR /><BR />if ["$T1"="$T2"]<BR />then<BR />anything<BR />fi<BR /><BR />What is wrong with that, cause it is not working.<BR /><BR />Thanks a lot,<BR /><BR />Oliver<BR /> Tue, 16 Sep 2003 14:05:17 GMT Oliver Schmitz 2003-09-16T14:05:17Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/bash-script/m-p/3072332#M141024 Hi all together,<BR /><BR />only a short tiny thing: I am writing a short bash script but can not remember what the correct syntax is to compare the content of two shell variables in an if statement.<BR /><BR />Thought it is:<BR /><BR />if ["$T1"="$T2"]<BR />then<BR />anything<BR />fi<BR /><BR />What is wrong with that, cause it is not working.<BR /><BR />Thanks a lot,<BR /><BR />Oliver<BR /> Tue, 16 Sep 2003 14:05:17 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/bash-script/m-p/3072332#M141024 Oliver Schmitz 2003-09-16T14:05:17Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/bash-script/m-p/3072333#M141025 Missing whitespace and it's really a good/disciplined practice to enclose all variables in {}'s -- though that's not your problem here.<BR /><BR />should be:<BR />if [ "${T1}" = "${T2}" ]<BR /><BR />note the spaces <BR />after the "[" and before the "]" -- they are required.<BR /><BR /> Tue, 16 Sep 2003 14:11:48 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/bash-script/m-p/3072333#M141025 A. Clay Stephenson 2003-09-16T14:11:48Z