How Can You Compare Multiple Strings in Shell Script

This post is simple and helpful for how to compare multiple strings by shell scripting. For example can check the country name which one is available.

#!/bin/bash

echo -n "Enter Your Country Name :"

read  countryname



if [ $countryname != "india" ] && [ "$countryname" != "usa" ] && [ "$countryname" != "japan" ] ; then

  echo "";

  echo "Your Country code does not match..."

  exit 1;

else

  echo "";

  echo "The Country Name is Available :  $countryname"

fi

Output :

Enter Your Country Name : 
india

The Country Name is Available : india