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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting comparing dates Post 302094065 by anbu23 on Tuesday 24th of October 2006 10:44:00 PM
Old 10-24-2006
Code:
tm=$(cal_days `echo $check_ts | sed -e "s/\// /g" -e "s/:/ /g"`)

if [ $tm -ge 20 ]
then
   echo "greater than or equal"
else
   echo "lesser"
fi

 

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boolval - Get the boolean value of a variable

SYNOPSIS
boolean boolval (mixed $var) DESCRIPTION
Returns the boolean value of $var. PARAMETERS
o $var - The scalar value being converted to a boolean. RETURN VALUES
The boolean value of $var. EXAMPLES
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