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Re: how to test two strings (which are numbers) for numeric

Loki Harfagr

2007-09-27, 2:30 am

Wed, 26 Sep 2007 17:51:56 -0400, Chris F.A. Johnson did catÂ_:

> On 2007-09-26, terrence.x.13 wrote:
>
> You don't need cut or expr to do that in a POSIX shell:
>
> LINES=$(( $( wc -l < "$1" ) - 1 ))
>
>
> if [ $LINES -eq $LAST_LINE ]
> then
> echo same
> else
> echo different
> fi

Or the risky way:
# (( $LINES == $LAST_LINE )) && echo same || echo different