People tend to not like Shell. But I do!
\nHere is a simple example, try this floating point comparison:<\/p>\n
$ [ 0.1 -gt 0.01 ]\r\n[: 0.1: bad number\r\n<\/pre>\nThe shell itself cannot use float.
\nBut there are multiple workarounds.\u00a0Here is the one I prefer:<\/p>\nif rpnc \"$a\" \"$b\" - | grep \"^-\" > \/dev\/null\r\nthen\r\n echo \"a < b\"\r\nfi\r\n<\/pre>\nAlthough you may not have the rpnc<\/em> command,\u00a0so here is another one:<\/p>\n
if [ $(echo \"$a < $b\" | bc) -eq 1 ]\r\nthen\r\n echo \"a < b\"\r\nfi<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"People tend to not like Shell. But I do! Here is a simple example, try this floating point comparison: $ [ 0.1 -gt 0.01 ] [: 0.1: bad number The shell itself cannot use float. But there are multiple workarounds.\u00a0Here … Continue reading