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Vidar Holen edited this page Jan 21, 2015 · 7 revisions

-eq is for integer comparisons. Use = instead.

Problematic code:

[[ $foo -eq "Y" ]]

Correct code:

[[ $foo = "Y" ]]

Rationale:

Shells have two sets of comparison operators: for integers (-eq, -gt, ...) and strings (=, >, ...). ShellCheck has noticed that you're using an integer comparison with string data.

If you are in fact comparing integers, double check your parameters. Certain mistakes like $$foo or ${bar}} can introduce non-numeric characters into otherwise numeric arguments.

Exceptions

None.

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