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Operating Systems Linux Fedora Shell parameter definition Post 302637407 by gary_w on Tuesday 8th of May 2012 09:37:17 PM
Old 05-08-2012
Quote:
Originally Posted by Scrutinizer
Code:
$ cat floattest2
#!/bin/sh
a=-0.5
b=1.3

if [ $a -le 0 ] || [ $b -ge 1 ]; then
  echo Hello
else
  echo Goodbye
fi


a=-0.5
b=1.3

if [ $a -lt 0 ] || [ $b -gt 1 ]; then
  echo Hello 2
else
  echo Goodbye 2
fi

Code:
$ ./floattest2
Hello
Goodbye 2

So it only seemed to working in Bourne shell on Solaris, but that is because for this shell -0.5 is equal to 0 and 1.3 is equal to 1...
Doh, good catch! Good lesson! Smilie
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