Comparing string's with space

Shell Programming and Scripting
1

How can i comparing string's whith blank spaces?

I have this problem:

DIF1="STRING 1212"
DIF2="STRING 1212"
if [ ${DIF1} != ${DIF2} ]
then		
       echo "Differents"			
else
	echo "Equals"
fi

Error:

1212}: unknown test operator

Thanks!

2

Wrap them in double quotes:

if [ "${DIF1}" != "${DIF2}" ]
3

Thanks!!

4

i think you will need to quote them in your if statement thus:-

if [ "${DIF1}" != "${DIF2}" ]

I hope that this helps.

Robin
Liverpool/Blackburn
UK