Les Mikesell wrote:
> John R. Dennison wrote:
> > S Mathias wrote:
> >> $ echo ${PWD##*/}
> >> somefolder
> >> $ if "${PWD##*/}" -eq "asdf"> /dev/null; then echo "this is the asdf folder"; else exit 1; fi
> >> bash: notthatfolder: command not found...
> >> this is the asdf folder
> >> $
> >>
> >>
> >> So i just want to check that i'm in an exact folder. e.g.: "asdf"
> >>
> >> What's wrong with my one-liner?
> >
> > What's wrong is you can't read man pages or research on your
> > own. "man bash"; your problem is covered there.
>
> It is there, but it's pretty obscure. A hint is that 'if' wants to execute
> something, and in the old days /bin/test and /bin/[ used to be links to the same
> executable. These days the executables are in /usr/bin and not linked (don't
> know the reason for either...) but they are also shell builtins.
The Usenet newsgroup comp.unix.shell is a great place to ask such questions.
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Charles Polisher