#!/bin/bash

curr=$(pwd)
IP_addr="192.168.0.102"
username="root"
password="pass"

HTTP_STATUS=$(curl -IL --silent $username:$password@$IP_addr | grep HTTP)
echo
echo "echo the variable works!"
echo $HTTP_STATUS
isOK=$(echo $HTTP_STATUS)
status="HTTP/1.1 401 Unauthorized"

echo

if [[ $HTTP_STATUS == $status ]]; then
    echo "The same the same!"
else
    echo "$isOK is not the same as $status"
fi

echo

if [ "$status" == "$isOK" ]
then
    echo "The same the same!"
else
    echo "$isOK is not the same as $status"
fi

HTTP_STATUS=$(curl -IL --silent $username:$password@$IP_addr | grep HTTP | tee $curr/test.txt)

HTTP_STATUS=$(curl -IL --silent $username:$password@$IP_addr | grep HTTP)

./test.sh
echo the variable works!
HTTP/1.1 401 Unauthorized

is not the same as HTTP/1.1 401 Unauthorized

is not the same as HTTP/1.1 401 Unauthorized

HTTP_STATUS=`curl -IL --silent $username:$password@$IP_addr | grep HTTP`