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Old 04-28-2011
Comparing time is bash
Hi, I have a question on comparing time using bash. Tried searching a lot up but couldn't figure it out. So I have this:

CURRENT_TIME=$(date +%H:%M)

if [ "$CURRENT_TIME" >= 18:00 ]
then echo "Continue"
else echo "Quit"
fi

I tried a lot of different combinations of comparing, but nothing seems to work. Any help would be much appreciated.

Thanks
# 2  
Old 04-28-2011
This should do the trick.

Code:
#!/bin/bash

CURRENT_TIME=$(date +%H%M)

if [ $CURRENT_TIME -lt 1800 ]
then
        echo "Continue"
else
        echo "Quit"
fi

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# 3  
Old 04-28-2011
I knew if would be something simple like this, but I had spent hours trying to figure it out. Thanks a ton !!
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