Shell Programming and Scripting

$ awk 'BEGIN{ pat111=0x1000000002E3E02; snBegin=0x1000000002E3E01; if (pat111<=snBegin) printf "a\n"}'
a

awk 'BEGIN{ pat111=sprintf ("%d", 0x1000000002E3E02); snBegin=sprintf("%d",0x1000000002E3E01);print pat111;print snBegin; if (pat111<=snBegin) printf "a\n"}'

72057594040958464
72057594040958464
a

$ awk 'BEGIN{printf "%X", 72057594040958464}'
1000000002E3E00

$ awk 'BEGIN{printf "%X", 72057594040958465}'
1000000002E3E00

$ echo $((0x1000000002E3E02))
72057594040958466

$ echo $((0x1000000002E3E01))
72057594040958465

perl -le'
  $pat111  =  0x1000000002E3E02; 
  $snBegin =  0x1000000002E3E01; 
  
  $pat111 <= snBegin
    and print " ... "
    '