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I have a bash script that run a curl request and output the status via jq. I get the status as expected but when I compare the status it's always returning "non-equal" value, even if the value is equal (or seems so).

Here is the script:

status=( $(curl -H "Content-Type: application/json" -H "Authorization: Basic xxx==" -H "Cache-Control: no-cache" --data-binary "@$entry" $2/$3/_bulk_docs --silent | jq '.[0].status'))
echo $status
if [ "$status" = "409" ]
    then
      echo "Conflict"
    else
      echo "No Conflict"
fi

And it print 409 in the console as I expect.

I'm running this on a Windows 10 PC with Cygwin.

Thank's for further help!

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  • Does the pipeline result in the string 409 or in "409"? Commented Jun 15, 2017 at 13:56
  • How could I know this? (I'm a very beginner with bash scripts) Commented Jun 15, 2017 at 13:57
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    What does echo "<<$status>>" return in your script? Can you tell that. Commented Jun 15, 2017 at 14:00
  • Running echo "<<$status>>" returns >>409 Commented Jun 15, 2017 at 14:02

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Your data has a carriage return at the end:

$ status=$'409\r'
$ echo "<<$status>>"
>>409

To remove it, use tonumber in jq:

status=$( curl ... | jq -r '.[0].status|tonumber' )

Also note that there is no need for status to be an array variable, as in your script, as far as I can see.

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  • What do you mean by status is an array variable? status is inside an json object that is inside a json array, is that what you are referring to? Commented Jun 15, 2017 at 14:09
  • With status=(...) you create an shell array variable, but since you only put a single string into it, you don't need to create the array. Just use status=$(...) instead of status=( $(...) ). Commented Jun 15, 2017 at 14:11
  • True! I didn't see it as I was testing stuffs, etc. Thank's for the help ! Commented Jun 15, 2017 at 14:21

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