James Vahn wrote: > > if [ `tty` = "/dev/tty1" ]; then > > A typo -- a single = is used to assign values, not compare them. > The script should use ==, thusly: > > if [ `tty` == "/dev/tty1" ]; then
No, you had it right the first time. In the shell test statement a
single = is used for equality testing. Use of == is a bash extension.
You should use = for portable shell programming.
if [ `tty` = "/dev/tty1" ]; then
Of course for something like this I would prefer case.
case $(tty) in
/dev/tty1) : do something ;;
esac
Bob
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