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 -- *** E-Mail is NOT a SECURE channel *** James B. Byrne mailto:ByrneJB at 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 -- *** E-Mail is NOT a SECURE channel *** James B. Byrne mailto:ByrneJB at 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