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Re: date - if - bash



On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 04:59:39PM +0200, Erik Xavior wrote:
> aaaa
> why isn't working? :S
> 
> if [ $(date +%H) > 10 ]; then echo "later then 10h"; else echo "before 10h";
> fi;

Because > is a string comparison. Do

help test

in bash

or man test

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