Re: OT:korn shell and arithmetic

On 06/22/2004 01:06:03 PM, ryan.gaffuri_at_comcast.net wrote:
> I don't know any unix listservs... so I hope this is ok.
>
> I am trying to do the following:
>
> if [ 1.2 -gt 1.0 ]; then
> echo yes
> else echo no
> fi
>
> It alwys comes out no? Anyway to get around this?

Yogi> cat /tmp/ttt
#!/bin/ksh                                                                                 

if [ 1.2 > 1.0 ]; then

   echo "yes"
else echo "no"
fi
Yogi> /tmp/ttt
yes
Yogi>

Try reading the fine manual. Below is the best manual around.         

	Learning the Korn Shell
	By Bill Rosenblatt and Arnold Robbins

-- 
Mladen Gogala
Oracle DBA



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