Bash script comparison is not working

Question

I am working on a bash script and for some reason the if statement is always coming true. If I run the following app and at the prompt I type yes and hit enter, here is what prints out:

The code will be checked out in the location the file is in, is this ok? (yes or no)
yes
yes
Stopping app

Here is what my code looks like. Am I missing something here?

echo "The code will be checked out in the location the file is in, is this ok? (yes or no)"

read answer

echo $answer

if [[ $answer -eq "no" ]] ; then
        echo "Stopping app"
        exit 1
fi

iruvar · Accepted Answer · 2013-11-23 19:00:57Z

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The problem is with the -eq. -eq is for numeric comparisons. Use = instead, so

[[ $answer = "no" ]]

instead of

[[ $answer -eq "no" ]]

answered Nov 23, 2013 at 19:00

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