02-25-2009
Hi,
you can compare string..like below..
if [ $valuea -ge $valueb ]
then
command
else
command
fi
to compare two strings..
you can use lessthan --> -le
greater than -ge
equal -eq
Thanks
Sha
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strcmp
STRCMP(3) BSD Library Functions Manual STRCMP(3)
NAME
strcmp, strncmp -- compare strings
LIBRARY
Standard C Library (libc, -lc)
SYNOPSIS
#include <string.h>
int
strcmp(const char *s1, const char *s2);
int
strncmp(const char *s1, const char *s2, size_t len);
DESCRIPTION
The strcmp() and strncmp() functions lexicographically compare the nul-terminated strings s1 and s2.
RETURN VALUES
The strcmp() and strncmp() return an integer greater than, equal to, or less than 0, according to whether the string s1 is greater than,
equal to, or less than the string s2. The comparison is done using unsigned characters, so that '200' is greater than '