Shell Script compare file content with a string
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Solution 1
Update: My original answer would unnecessarily read a large file into memory when it couldn't possibly match. Any multi-line file would fail, so you only need to read two lines at most. Instead, read the first line. If it does not match the string, or if a second read
succeeds at all, regardless of what it reads, then send the e-mail.
str=ABCD
if { IFS= read -r line1 &&
[[ $line1 != $str ]] ||
IFS= read -r $line2
} < test.txt; then
# send e-mail
fi
Just read in the entire file and compare it to the string:
str=ABCD
if [[ $(< test.txt) != "$str" ]]; then
# send e-mail
fi
Solution 2
Something like this should work:
s="ABCD"
if [ "$s" == "$(cat test.txt)" ] ;then
:
else
echo "They don't match"
fi
Solution 3
str="ABCD"
content=$(cat test.txt)
if [ "$str" == "$content" ];then
# send your email
fi
Solution 4
if [ "$(cat test.tx)" == ABCD ]; then
# send your email
else
echo "Not matched"
fi
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Updated on December 19, 2020Comments
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Admin over 3 years
I have a String "ABCD" and a file test.txt. I want to check if the file has only this content "ABCD". Usually I get the file with "ABCD" only and I want to send email notifications when I get anything else apart from this string so I want to check for this condition. Please help!
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neverMind9 over 5 yearsThis is the better solution.
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Andrei LED over 4 yearsSecond option also allows to assert multiline text file content
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Andreas Løve Selvik over 4 yearsI had to do
if [[ "$(< test.txt)" != "$str" ]]; then
to get the second option to work properly for multiline files. Note the quotes. -
Tomas Reimers over 3 yearsI think you may need to add a not to your if statement? The author sounds as if they want to send the email if the contents does not match