On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 04:45:15PM -0800, john.ruckstuhl wrote: > In bash, a comparison inside "[["/"]]" is lexicographic not numeric?
Correct. Assuming you use the string-comparison operators (> and <) rather than the integer-comparison operators (-gt, -lt, etc.). > $ if [[ 1000 > 200 ]]; then echo pass; else echo wierd; fi > wierd String comparison. If you want to do numeric comparisons, use ((...)) or use -gt. if ((1000 > 200)); then echo pass; else echo weird; fi if [[ 1000 -gt 200 ]]; then echho pass; else echo weird; fi
