Bash comparison between strings - equal but not equal for it

Question

I just wanted to do a really simple comparison between 2 strings in Bash :

stat=`curl -Is $url | head -n 1` 
echo $stat
if [ \"$stat\" = \"HTTP/1.1 200 OK\" ];th         


        

Answer 1

The curl output includes a CR at the end of the lines, you need to remove it.

stat=`curl -Is $url | head -n 1 | tr -d '\r'`