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[Discuss] through the looking glass



In the test(1) command, if I recall correctly, the greater-than
operator is "-gt", not ">", and the less-than operator is "-lt", not
"<".

At least, that's how I first learned it back in 1983.





On Sat, Jun 2, 2018 at 12:47 PM, Richard Pieri <richard.pieri at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 6/2/2018 12:42 PM, dan moylan wrote:
>> not portable?  where would that be?
>
> Not portable in that "[[" is specific to Bash. You may not find it in
> other Bourne-derived shells.
>
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> Rich Pieri
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