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Yes, the chart is incorrect. man test shows the correct operators.
Technically, = is for strings, and -eq is for integers. Using = on integers compares them as strings, since bash is weakly typed. Often this won't have much of an impact, but you can see the difference by testing [ 0 = 00 ] vs [ 0 -eq 00 ].
Best practice is to use the correct operator so that when you hit the weird edge cases, you don't lose hair looking for a hard-to-find bug.
Secondly, you also can compare integers using == like in this example:
"""
Note that in Bash you don't need the arithmetic expansion to check for the boolean value of an arithmetic expression. This can be done using the arithmetic evaluation compound command:
printf %s 'Enter a number: ' >&2
read -r number
if ((number == 1234)); then
echo 'Good guess'
else
echo 'Haha... :-P'
fi
"""
read x
read y
read z
if(($x==$y))&&(($y==$z))&&(($z==$x));thenecho"EQUILATERAL"elif(($x !=$y))&&(($y !=$z))&&(($z !=$x));thenecho"SCALENE"elseecho"ISOSCELES"fi
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Yes, the chart is incorrect.
man testshows the correct operators.Technically,
=is for strings, and-eqis for integers. Using=on integers compares them as strings, since bash is weakly typed. Often this won't have much of an impact, but you can see the difference by testing[ 0 = 00 ]vs[ 0 -eq 00 ].Best practice is to use the correct operator so that when you hit the weird edge cases, you don't lose hair looking for a hard-to-find bug.
Shane, you are right in general, but there's exceptions to your sentence.
Firstly, In test comparisson, it's better use double square brackets rather than one: if [[ $a -ne "0" ]] fi
more info: conditional expression
Secondly, you also can compare integers using == like in this example:
""" Note that in Bash you don't need the arithmetic expansion to check for the boolean value of an arithmetic expression. This can be done using the arithmetic evaluation compound command:
printf %s 'Enter a number: ' >&2 read -r number if ((number == 1234)); then echo 'Good guess' else echo 'Haha... :-P' fi """
more info: Arithmetic expansion
But at the end of the day is up to the programmer to use this functionality or not.
For example this answer is correct: