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bash - Less than operator '<' in if statement results in 'No such file or directory'

Sure this is a simple one - still learning my way around sh scripts. I've got:-

if [ $3 < 480 ]; then
  blah blah command
else
   blah blah command2
fi

$3 is a passed variable, again an integer. However, when this script is run, it reports:-

line 20: 480: No such file or directory

Confused.

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Please use [ "$3" -lt 480 ] or it will be treated as input redirection inside the brackets. That's why you got the error: 480: No such file or directory.

To review the available alternatives:

  • [ "$3" -lt 480 ] -- numeric comparison, compatible with all POSIX shells
  • [ "$3" < 480 ] -- string comparison (generally wrong for numbers!), compatible with all POSIX shells
  • [[ $3 < 480 ]] -- string comparison (generally wrong for numbers!), bash and ksh only
  • (( $3 < 480 )) -- numeric comparison, bash and ksh only
  • (( var < 480 )) -- numeric comparison, bash and ksh only, where $var is a variable containing a number

check http://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/bashref.html#Bash-Conditional-Expressions to know more information.


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