In the last episode (Apr 21), Ion-Mihai Tetcu said: > Could somebody explain me why in the second case I get an error (both > with test(1) and with sh's builtin) ? > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> /var/log/ports [16:51:38] 0 > # sh > # cat ports_sup_log | wc -l > 3 > # if [ "`cat ports_sup_log | wc -l`" -eq "3" ]; then echo 'da'; fi > da > # if [ "`cat ports_sup_log | wc -l`" -nq "3" ]; then echo 'da'; fi > [: 3: unexpected operator
What do you expect -nq to do? The equality tests are -eq (equal) and -ne (not equal). -- Dan Nelson [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"