a='The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.'
b='*fox*'

if [[ $a == $b ]]; then
	printf '[UQ] %s equals %s\n' "$a" "$b"
else
	printf '[UQ] %s does not equal %s\n' "$a" "$b"
fi

if [[ $b == $a ]]; then
	printf '[UQ] %s equals %s\n' "$b" "$a"
else
	printf '[UQ] %s does not equal %s\n' "$b" "$a"
fi

if [[ $a == "$b" ]]; then
	printf '[Q] %s equals %s\n' "$a" "$b"
else
	printf '[Q] %s does not equal %s\n' "$a" "$b"
fi

if [[ $b == "$a" ]]; then
	printf '[Q] %s equals %s\n' "$b" "$a"
else
	printf '[Q] %s does not equal %s\n' "$b" "$a"
fi