diff --git a/include/functions b/include/functions
index 4f3b15a9..e0149b45 100644
--- a/include/functions
+++ b/include/functions
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
 #    DisplayManual              Output text to screen without any layout
 #    DisplayToolTip             Show a tip for improving usage of the tool
 #    DisplayWarning             Show a clear warning on screen
+#    Equals                     Compares two strings
 #    ExitClean                  Stop the program (cleanly), with exit code 0
 #    ExitCustom                 Stop the program (cleanly), with custom exit code
 #    ExitFatal                  Stop the program (cleanly), with exit code 1
@@ -627,6 +628,27 @@
     }
 
 
+    ################################################################################
+    # Name        : Equals()
+    # Description : Compare two strings
+    #
+    # Returns     : (0 - True, 1 - False)
+    # Usage       : if Equals "${MYDIR}" "/etc"; then echo "Found"; else "Not found"; fi
+    ################################################################################
+
+    Equals() {
+        RETVAL=1
+        if [ $# -ne 2 ]; then ReportException "Equals" "Incorrect number of arguments for $0 function"; fi
+
+        # Strip any strange control characters
+        INPUT1=$(echo $1 | tr -d '[:cntrl:]<>' | ${SEDBINARY} 's/__space__/ /g' | ${SEDBINARY} 's/:space:/ /g')
+        INPUT2=$(echo $2 | tr -d '[:cntrl:]<>' | ${SEDBINARY} 's/__space__/ /g' | ${SEDBINARY} 's/:space:/ /g')
+        if [ "${INPUT1}" = "${INPUT2}" ]; then RETVAL=0; fi
+
+        return ${RETVAL}
+    }
+
+
     ################################################################################
     # Name        : ExitClean()
     # Description : Perform a normal exit of the program, and clean up resources