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The complete check maybe like this

Code:

if [[ ! $test =~ ^[0-9]+$ ]] 
then echo "$test is not numeric"
elif [[ $test -ge $LOWER ]] && [[ $test -le $UPPER ]]
then echo "$test is in range"
else echo "$test is't in range"
fi

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