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if statement question

Jul 10th, 2008

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if [ "$1"="-s" -a -n "$2" ]      # if $1 is string "-s" and $2 is not null 
then 
     string="$2"                    # then string="$2"
else
     echo "error"
     exit 1
fi
echo $string

i expect: foo -not"-s" hi return "error"
however,, no matter what i type after the - , the test will return true. why is that?

i already tried para=`echo "$@"` ; set -- $para still not working properly

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Re: if statement question

Jul 11th, 2008

Hey there,

You just need to change the

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"$1"="-s"

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"$1" = "-s"

with space on both sides of the = operator and it works well

Best wishes,

Mike

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