On Sun, Sep 3, 2017, at 20:06, Mark Volkmann wrote: > IIUC, there isn't a command in fish that can be used to compare two strings > to see if one is greater than the other in sorting order. For example, this > doesn't work: > > set v1 'foo'; > set v2 'bar'; > if test $v1 > $v2 > ... > end > > Is there a recommended workaround for this?
The wonderful (POSIX standard) command expr [1] will work. set v1 foo set v2 bar if expr $v1 '>' $v2 >/dev/null echo true else echo false end [1] http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/expr.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Fish-users mailing list Fish-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fish-users
