compare OS command with String value in Shell Script ?

[kri shan]

How to compare OS command pwd with String value in Shell Script ?

cudir=pwd

if [ "$cudir" == "etc" ]; then
echo "You are in etc"
else
echo "some other"
fi

[Peter Johnson]

I think the first line should be (those are backwards single quotes, or ticks, around pwd):

cudir = `pwd`

[Andrew Monkhouse]

And remove the spaces around that first equal sign:

cudir=`pwd`

A more readable solution (and one that allows greater flexibility) is to use the alternate construct:

cudir=$(pwd)

Remember that this will give the path from the root directory. Therefore your if statement will also need to refer to the full directory:

if [ "$cudir" == "/etc" ];then