Bash compare if two strings match by length

Question

I have two string variables that I need to compare by length inside of if. So I need to do something like this:

if [ length($string_one) != length($string_two) ]:

fi

See: [String length of bash](https://stackoverflow.com/q/17750940/3776858) — Cyrus, Oct 02 '21 at 08:31

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 02 '21 at 08:29

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if [[ ${#string} != ${#string_two} ]]; then
    run command
fi

answered Oct 02 '21 at 08:29

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