bash less or equal code example

Example 1: greater than in script

-eq
is equal to

if [ "$a" -eq "$b" ]

-ne
is not equal to

if [ "$a" -ne "$b" ]

-gt
is greater than

if [ "$a" -gt "$b" ]

-ge
is greater than or equal to

if [ "$a" -ge "$b" ]

-lt
is less than

if [ "$a" -lt "$b" ]

-le
is less than or equal to

if [ "$a" -le "$b" ]

Example 2: bash if larger than

# In bash, you should do your check in arithmetic context:

if (( a > b )); then
    ...
fi

# For POSIX shells that don't support (()), you can use -lt and -gt.

if [ "$a" -gt "$b" ]; then
    ...
fi

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