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echo: rberrypi
to: JOHN CARTER
from: A. DUMAS
date: 2020-07-19 11:01:00
subject: Re: Strange construct in

On 19/07/2020 05:34, John Carter wrote:
> if [ ${GOV} = "ondemand" -a ${FORCE} = "1" ]

Ahem and Andy are correct. Ignore Wieser. Always always *always* quote
variables in if statements (aka. tests, and yes -a means "and" here)
because they can be empty or there can be problematic characters inside
them, like a space.

if [ "${GOV}" = 'ondemand' -a "${FORCE}" = '1' ]

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