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Old 10-23-08, 23:33
sreedivia sreedivia is offline
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Error in String comparison

Hi,
I am getting an error while executing the below code.
The error is " [: too many arguments "
string1="material layout"
string2="material layout"

if [ $string1 == $string2 ]
then
echo "Strings are equal"
fi

Please help me to solve this error
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Old 10-24-08, 01:45
pdreyer pdreyer is offline
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You need to quote your variables i.e.
if [ "$string1" = "$string2" ]
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Old 10-24-08, 02:41
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Thanks a lot. It is working now
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