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# 8  
Old 09-04-2002
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Originally posted by LivinFree
What shell is this?
bourne/korn/bash
# 9  
Old 09-04-2002
Well, I figured it was one of those, but I wanted to know specifically from the OP. The reason is that the OP is being told not to use ">" and "<", but instead use -gt -lt instead.
If you have a "-gt" in your script and run ksh -n scriptname, it will tell you this:
Quote:
warning: line 3: -gt within [[...]] obsolete, use ((...))
I just didn't want the poster to think they were necessarily doing that part incorrectly...
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Old 09-05-2002
LivinFree, the behavior you describe should only happen if you are using ksh93 (not ksh88) and you have used the -n option and you are using [[. Even with ksh93 and the -n option set, it should not complain about -gt in a single bracket test. And the single bracket test is the only one being mentioned in this thread.
 
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