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Technic1an
Technic1an

Reputation: 2807

Two variables not equaling each-other for if statement

Hello I am having a problem with checking two variables to see whether or not they are both equal. I have the following script:

Output=$(sudo defaults read /System/Library/User\ Template/English.lproj/Library/Preferences/com.apple.SetupAssistant | grep -o "DidSeeCloudSetup = 1")
Output2=$(sudo defaults read /System/Library/User\ Template/English.lproj/Library/Preferences/com.apple.SetupAssistant | grep -o "LastSeenCloudProductVersion")
Check="DidSeeCloudSetup = 1"
Check2="LastSeenCloudProductVersion"

echo "$Output"
echo "$Check"
if [ "$Output" = "$Check" ]
    then
       echo "OK"
      else
    echo "FALSE"

Even though they both contain the same thing it always comes out false... any ideas why?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 64

Answers (1)

Cyrus
Cyrus

Reputation: 88756

There is a special character (hex: 10) between $ and Check in your if clause:

00000000  69 66 20 5b 20 22 24 4f  75 74 70 75 74 22 20 3d  |if [ "$Output" =|
00000010  20 22 24 10 43 68 65 63  6b 22 20 5d 0a           | "$.Check" ].|

Upvotes: 3

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