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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting how to compare string integer with an integer? Post 302597141 by gary_w on Thursday 9th of February 2012 10:05:54 AM
Old 02-09-2012
ksh lets you just typeset it to an integer if you don't care about what is to the right of the decimal place.

Code:
#!/bin/ksh

integer i="4.000"

if [ $i -lt 0 ] ; then
   echo "smaller"
fi

exit 0

 

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LEARN ABOUT MINIX

let

let(1)                                                             User Commands                                                            let(1)

NAME

       let - shell built-in function to evaluate one or more arithmetic expressions

SYNOPSIS

   ksh
       let arg...

DESCRIPTION

   ksh
       Each arg is a separate "arithmetic expression" to be evaluated.

EXIT STATUS

       The following exit values are returned:

       0        The value of the last expression is non-zero.

       1        The value of the last expression is zero.

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE         |      ATTRIBUTE VALUE        |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability                 |SUNWcsu                      |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       ksh(1), set(1), typeset(1), attributes(5)

SunOS 5.10                                                          15 Apr 1994                                                             let(1)
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