I have a problem writing a test statement.
If I want to write [ $word = "t" (or) "I" ], meaning to test if the word is T or t
how should I write it?
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1Already answered on [stackoverflow](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4111475/how-to-do-a-logical-or-operation-in-shell-scripting) – ooxi Feb 10 '14 at 08:16
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1`[ $word = "t" -o $word = "T" ]` – Marian Feb 10 '14 at 08:16
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Assuming you're using #!/bin/sh for Bash scripting, here is a great resource: http://tldp.org/LDP/Bash-Beginners-Guide/html/sect_07_01.html
From Table 7-2. Combining expressions at the above link:
[ EXPR1 -a EXPR2 ] True if both EXPR1 and EXPR2 are true.
[ EXPR1 -o EXPR2 ] True if either EXPR1 or EXPR2 is true.
You want the second one, so that would become:
[ $word == "t" -o $word == "T" ]
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