How Do You Write Greater Than or Equal to in Linux Shell Script?
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‘>=’ Operator: Greater than or equal to operator returns true if first operand is greater than or equal to second operand otherwise returns false.

How do you write greater than or equal to in UNIX?

[ $a -lt $b ] is true. Checks if the value of left operand is greater than or equal to the value of right operand; if yes, then the condition becomes true. [ $a -ge $b ] is not true. Checks if the value of left operand is less than or equal to the value of right operand; if yes, then the condition becomes true.

What is || in shell script?

The OR Operator (||) is much like an ‘else’ statement in programming. The above operator allow you to execute second command only if the execution of first command fails, i.e., the exit status of first command is ‘1’. … Second command won’t execute.

James H. Sterling

James H. Sterling

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James Sterling reports on renewable energy developments, climate policy, ecological conservation, and green tech innovations around the globe.

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