[CentOS] How to test for '.' in a script
Paul Heinlein
heinlein at madboa.com
Thu Jul 28 19:58:57 UTC 2011
On Thu, 28 Jul 2011, James B. Byrne wrote:
> I am trying to check for a single period '.' in a shell variable.
>
> $ I=.
> $ echo $I
> .
> $ if [[ "$I" -eq '.' ]]; then echo true; fi
if [ "$I" = '.' ]; then ...
Use a single = rather than -eq (which tests numeric equality) and use
single brackets -- or, better, call test directly:
if test "$I" = '.'; then ...
"help test" is your friend!
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