Re: [expert] BASH Arithmetic Evaluation

[Mark Belanger]

SoloCDM wrote:
> 
> I tried to evaluate an arithmetic value with a while command using
> "while [ ${MANS} >= 4 ]", but it doesn't work . . . why?  Ignore the
> omittance of do through done.

Try using the bash arithmetic test operators.

 i=8;while [ $i -ge 4 ] ; do let i-=1; echo $i;done ;

-Mark


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