Bash conditional statements

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Bash if-else

To compare integers we use can the following operators:

Operator Description
-eq Equal to
-ne Not equal to
-gt Greater than
-ge Greater than OR equal to
-lt less than
-le less than OR equal to

The following example shows how to use the number comparison operators in an if statement.

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