[Fwd: [SOLVED] Re: How to test for '.' in a script] - Discuss

28 Jul 2011


      On Thu, July 28, 2011 14:30, James B. Byrne wrote:
...
I am trying to check for a single period '.' in a shell variable.
$ I=.
$ echo $I
.
$ if [[ "$I" -eq '.' ]]; then echo true; fi
-bash: [[: .: syntax error: operand expected (error token is ".")
.  .  .
...
How does one check to see for this in a bash script?
Found it.
if [[ "$I" == './' ]]; then echo match; fi
match
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James B. Byrne                mailto:ByrneJB@Harte-Lyne.ca
Harte & Lyne Limited          http://www.harte-lyne.ca
9 Brockley Drive              vox: +1 905 561 1241
Hamilton, Ontario             fax: +1 905 561 0757
Canada  L8E 3C3