CODEWITHSUNDEEP
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jrock2004
jrock2004

Reputation: 3501

Bash script comparison is not working

I am working on a bash script and for some reason the if statement is always coming true. If I run the following app and at the prompt I type yes and hit enter, here is what prints out:

The code will be checked out in the location the file is in, is this ok? (yes or no)
yes
yes
Stopping app

Here is what my code looks like. Am I missing something here?

echo "The code will be checked out in the location the file is in, is this ok? (yes or no)"

read answer

echo $answer

if [[ $answer -eq "no" ]] ; then
        echo "Stopping app"
        exit 1
fi

Upvotes: 0

Views: 38

Answers (1)

iruvar
iruvar

Reputation: 23364

The problem is with the -eq. -eq is for numeric comparisons. Use = instead, so

[[ $answer = "no" ]]

instead of 

[[ $answer -eq "no" ]]

Upvotes: 3

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