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Old 02-24-2016
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Hello everyone,

I want to compare a list of numbers in the file TEST01 to the variable $Post. Also remove any duplicate numbers. Create an if then statement indicating if the numbers listed in TEST01 is less than the number value of $Post then print an error message.

Here is the contents of the file TEST01:
HTML Code:
043825
043825
043825
043805
043805
043815
043815
043825
043815
043805
043815
043805
Each time I try to run my script nothing happens. Here's what I have so far:
HTML Code:
#! /bin/ksh

Post='055744'
Testlist=$(cat /home/TEST01)

if [ $Testlist -lt $Post ];then
  echo "there are numbers below the post threshold"
else
  echo "tested good"
fi
Any help is greatly appreciated, thanks.
# 2  
Old 02-24-2016
Hello seekryts15,

If I understood your requirement correctly then you could try following and let me know if this helps you.
Code:
awk -vPOST="$post" '{A[$0]=$0} END{for(i in A){Q=i>POST?i " greater than value of " POST:i " lesser than value of " POST;print Q;Q=""}}'  Input_file

Where let's say variable named post=043826. Then following will be output for same.
Code:
043805 lesser than value of 043826
043815 lesser than value of 043826
043825 lesser than value of 043826

If your requirement doesn't match with above solution please provide us the more sample inputs with sample expected output.
So that we could try to help you more on this. Hope this helps.

Thanks,
R. Singh
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seekryts15
# 3  
Old 02-24-2016
Thank you! The code you provided did work but I was wondering if it can be more along the lines of the if then statement?

Code:
if [ $Testlist -lt $Post ];then
  echo "there are numbers below the post threshold"
else
  echo "tested good"
fi

Example output:
"there are numbers below the post threshold"

or

"tested good"
# 4  
Old 02-24-2016
Try
Code:
TMP=$(echo $Post | sort - file | grep -n $Post)
[ ${TMP%:*} -gt 1 ] && echo "there are numbers below the post threshold" || echo "tested good"

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seekryts15
# 5  
Old 02-24-2016
Hello seekryts15,

Could you please try following and let me know if this helps you.
Code:
cat script.ksh
Post=50
Testlist=`df -hP /tmp | awk 'FNR>1{sub("%",X,$5);print $5}'`
if [[ $Testlist -lt $Post ]]
then
      echo "there are numbers below the post threshold"
else
      echo "tested good"
fi

Thanks,
R. Singh
This User Gave Thanks to RavinderSingh13 For This Post:
seekryts15
# 6  
Old 02-24-2016
That worked, thank you everyone!
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