[PLUG] How to test a string against a blank string in shell script

[mahaveer darade]

to compare a string with blank string u can do something like

if [ "X${str1}" == "X${str2}" ]

here even if either of string is blank it won't give any syntax error.

~md

On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 10:09 PM, Gaurav Pant <gauravggs at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi
>
> On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 5:43 PM, Shreerang Patwardhan
> <patwardhan.shreerang at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hey all,
> >     I found the solution to my problem which was as stated below:
> >
> >    How do we compare a string with a blank string.
> > Example: String 1 = test
> >                String 2 =
>
> to test for a blank string in shell scripting use
> -z string  returns True if the length of string is zero.
>  -n string True if the length of string is non-zero.
>
> if you want to consider a string containing all spaces check it with
> grep!!!
>
> regards
> Dexter
>
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