UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hi everyone,
I am new to UNIX and scripting, and I have some problems with the test command.
when i try to execute the command:
test 20070327.gz > 20070320.gz
i try to make a charachter string comparison between the two strings or the two files, to make sure that 20070327.gz is greater than 20070320.gz
but the command is not accepted, i think the shell interprets the > as an input output redirector, not as a (greater than)sign.
so, how can I escape this error?
Thanks in advance

Add back slash

Code:

test 20070327.gz \> 20070320.gz

Besides the solution anbu23 gave you (which I avoid, as it's not standard), there are a number of ways. For example, you could remove the suffix:

Code:

f1=20070327.gz
f2=20070320.gz
test ${f1%.gz} -gt ${f2%.gz}