I’m not a Bash expert, but I’ve followed Copilot examples, and the following should work, but it doesn’t:

# CSV file contents
lineNo, column1, column2, column3, column4
1, true, true, true, abc
2, true, false, true , 123
3, false, true, false, xyz
0

Bash script:

while IFS=, read -r lineNo column1 column2 column3 column4
do
    echo $column4
     if [ "$column4" = "123" ]; then
        echo "condition is true"
     else
        echo "condition is false"
     fi
done < <(tail -n +2 $setupFileLocation)

However, my results are as follows:

abc
condition is false
123
condition is false
xyz
condition is false

Why are the actual variable values being ignored? They are correct in the echo, but the IF…THEN isn’t acknowledging the changing value. I’ve tested this with making the lineNo #1 the tested value, and it doens’t make a difference. All conditions return “false”.

Why the trailing zero? If it isn’t there the read Bash command only returns the header and first two rows. I haven’t figured this out yet, but it’s a different subject.

Are there any wonderful Bash SMEs out there who can assist?