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comparison check in shell script

andi_1 — Fri, 08 Mar 2002 18:31:35 GMT

Hi,

I have the following code:

if [ $tmpPESize>$tmp1 ]; then
echo "hello"
fi

but for some reason, it always prints 'hello' even if $tmpPESize is 8 and tmp1 is 1

Any ideas why?

Thank you.

Re: comparison check in shell script

A. Clay Stephenson — Fri, 08 Mar 2002 18:35:26 GMT

Hi:

If think your want:

if [ ${a} -gt ${b} ] # greater than
-ge greater than or equal to
-lt
-le
-eq
-ne

These are the numeric comparison operators