[KLUG Members] scripting question

[Rusty Yonkers]

When I use -eq I get a type mismatch.  The docs I have say that -eq
is for integer variables.  I am not sure how to type the variable in
bash.  


--- Wesley Leonard <marshall@pacdemon.org> wrote:
> Instead of using =, use -eq, like this:
> 
> if [ $value -eq 1 ]
> 
> 
> Here's a good reference, the Advanced Bash Scripting Guide:
> 
> http://www.tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/
> 
> l8er
> 
> Rusty Yonkers wrote:
> > 
> > Ok ... now most of you will be thinking .... "well duh" ... but I
> am
> > not a scripting guru.  So I pose my most simple question most
> humbly
> > and hope that the reverberations of laughter do not create an
> > earthquake.
> > 
> > I am trying to get a piece of scripting to work for an evaluation
> > using test but it is not evaluating correctly.  The portion of
> the
> > script that is not working is
> > 
> > echo -n "Enter a number: "
> > 
> > read value
> > 
> > if [ $value = 1 ]
> > 
> > then
> > echo "You have entered 1"
> > else
> > echo "You have not entered 1"
> > echo "You have entered $value"
> > fi
> > 
> > The problem is that the test always responds with a false
> results!
> > Aaaaaagggghhhh!
> > 
> > Any idea what I am doing wrong?
> > 
> > TIA
> > 
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