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Joachim Ansorg edited this page Nov 12, 2021
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Decimals are not supported. Either use integers only, or use bc or awk to compare.
Problematic code:
[[ 2 -lt 3.14 ]]
Correct code:
[[ 200 -lt 314 ]] # Use fixed point math
[[ $(echo "2 < 3.14"| bc)== 1 ]] # Use bc
Rationale:
Bash and Posix sh does not support decimals in numbers. Decimals should either be avoided, or compared using a tool that does support them.
Exceptions
If the strings happen to be version numbers and you're using <, or > to compare them as strings, and you consider this an acceptable thing to do, then you can ignore this warning.