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Old 03-16-2004
Question comparing two float values

I am trying to compare 2 float values using if

the foll code does not work

a=1.4
b=1.6

if test $a -gt $b
then
echo "$a is max"
else
echo "$b is max"
fi

does -gt work for floating point numbers, if not how do go about for my requirement? can i use bc ? pls help

thanks in advance
kavitha
 
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