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From: Frank Terbeck <ft@bewatermyfriend.org>
To: Lyre <4179e1@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: string equal problem
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Date: Mon, 07 Mar 2011 10:13:59 +0100
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Lyre wrote:
> To my surprise=EF=BC=8Cthe following statment:
>
> if [ "abc" =3D=3D "def" ]; then echo y; else echo n; fi
>
> doesn't work, it says "zsh: =3D not found".

`=3D=3D' only works in "[[ ... ]]". So, either use

     if [ "abc" =3D "def" ]; then
or
     if [[ "abc" =3D=3D "def" ]]; then

Regards, Frank

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