#Bash convert string to integer for comparison windows 10#
#Bash convert string to integer for comparison series#

#Bash convert string to integer for comparison windows 10#

I apologize in advance for what I'm sure has been asked and answered but I searched and didn't find anything recent (within 5 years).I have a windows 10 system that has only one accessible account and it is not an admin account.

#Bash convert string to integer for comparison series#

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> int or float in shell so that the comparison works? Its value before using it in the comparison. If $j is taken as a string, that's because it *is* a string. > But j is taken as a string and when I compare with 60 in the if

> a script which throws up a warning if this is greater than 60. > is the percentage filled space for a logical drive. > Hello all, I am trying to read the 5th column of a log file which On Mon,, sathyaprasad via shellscript-l wrote: