2009-12-07, 22:22(+00), pk:
> phani krishna jampala wrote:
>
>> bash is not capable of comparing of strings ( imean interms of lessthan or
>> greater than etc)
>
> It is, if you use [[ ]]
>
> a="abcd"
> b="bcde"
> if [[ "$b" > "$a" ]]; then
> echo "$b is greater than $a"
> fi
[...]
Or the "["
On Dec 8, 7:11 am, Greg Wooledge wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 07, 2009 at 05:08:02PM -0800, DennisW wrote:
> > Since printf understands floats (or acts like it does), you can use it
> > plus a little care and luck to do float comparisons in Bash:
> > [...]
> > $ printf -v a "%08.2f" $a
> > $ printf -v b "
On Mon, Dec 07, 2009 at 05:08:02PM -0800, DennisW wrote:
> Since printf understands floats (or acts like it does), you can use it
> plus a little care and luck to do float comparisons in Bash:
> [...]
> $ printf -v a "%08.2f" $a
> $ printf -v b "%08.2f" $b
> $ [[ $a < $b ]] && echo true || echo fal
On Dec 7, 4:22 pm, pk wrote:
> phani krishna jampala wrote:
> > bash is not capable of comparing of strings ( imean interms of lessthan or
> > greater than etc)
>
> It is, if you use [[ ]]
>
> a="abcd"
> b="bcde"
> if [[ "$b" > "$a" ]]; then
> echo "$b is greater than $a"
> fi
>
> > and real nu
phani krishna jampala wrote:
> bash is not capable of comparing of strings ( imean interms of lessthan or
> greater than etc)
It is, if you use [[ ]]
a="abcd"
b="bcde"
if [[ "$b" > "$a" ]]; then
echo "$b is greater than $a"
fi
> and real numbers ( the float values).
True, but I can't real
bash is not capable of comparing of strings ( imean interms of lessthan or
greater than etc) and real numbers ( the float values). So can any one please
consider and if possible can release solution in current version 4 it self will
be more appreciated.
Thanks
Phani Krishna
