compare two number greater if bash code example
Example 1: number compare in bash
#!/bin/bash
# Script to do numeric comparisons
var1=10
var2=20
if [ $var2 -gt $var1 ]
then
echo "$var2 is greater than $var1"
fi
# Second comparison
If [ $var1 -gt 30]
then
echo "$var is greater than 30"
else
echo "$var1 is less than 30"
fi
Example 2: bash if larger than
# In bash, you should do your check in arithmetic context:
if (( a > b )); then
...
fi
# For POSIX shells that don't support (()), you can use -lt and -gt.
if [ "$a" -gt "$b" ]; then
...
fi