#! /bin/bash count=10 if [ $count == 10 ] then echo Equal fi echo ------------------------------------------------------ string_check=abc if [ $string_check -eq abc] then echo Equal fi echo ------------------------------------------------------ string2=xyz if [ string2 -nq xyz] then echo Not Equal else echo Equal fi echo ------------------------------------------------------ string3=pqr if [ string3 -eq abc] then echo The value is ABC elif [ string3 -eq xyz ] echo The value is XYZ else echo The value is $string3 fi
Conditionals let us decide whether to perform an action or not, this decision is taken by evaluating an expression.
Expressions
An expression can be: String comparison, Numeric comparison, File operators and Logical operators and it is represented by [expression]:
String Comparisons:
= compare if two strings are equal
!= compare if two strings are not equal
-n evaluate if string length is greater than zero
-z evaluate if string length is equal to zero
Examples:
[ s1 = s2 ] (true if s1 same as s2, else false)
[ s1 != s2 ] (true if s1 not same as s2, else false)
[ s1 ] (true if s1 is not empty, else false)
[ -n s1 ] (true if s1 has a length greater then 0, else false)
[ -z s2 ] (true if s2 has a length of 0, otherwise false)
Number Comparisons:
-eq compare if two numbers are equal
-ge compare if one number is greater than or equal to a number
-le compare if one number is less than or equal to a number
-ne compare if two numbers are not equal
-gt compare if one number is greater than another number
-lt compare if one number is less than another number
Examples:
[ n1 -eq n2 ] (true if n1 same as n2, else false)
[ n1 -ge n2 ] (true if n1greater then or equal to n2, else false)
[ n1 -le n2 ] (true if n1 less then or equal to n2, else false)
[ n1 -ne n2 ] (true if n1 is not same as n2, else false)
[ n1 -gt n2 ] (true if n1 greater then n2, else false)
[ n1 -lt n2 ] (true if n1 less then n2, else false)