[ale] Bash question...

[kenry at alexandertech.biz (Ken Alexander)]

You can use the arithmetic expression operator  - ((  ))  

if (( $var < -4 )) ; then
..
fi
On Sun, 2007-07-22 at 10:37 -0400, Dr. Brian J. Dowd wrote:

> The value of $var is -4.865876
> 
> if [ $var -lt "-4" ];
> 
> throws an "Integer expression expected" error
> 
> Is there a way to test-evaluate a float like -4.865876 ?
> (or I am I trying to get Bash to use non-integers which it can't do
> without
> some kludge like multiplying all my variables by some arbitrary
> 1x10^x)
> 
> 
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