arg1 -lt arg2 (conditional operator)

true if integer arg1 is less than integer arg2.

Links

• Bash manual
• POSIX specification of test

Examples

Different ways to compare two integers: :

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test "$n" -lt 42 && echo "$n < 42"
[ "$n" -lt 42 ] && echo "$n < 42"
# Bash
[[ "$n" -lt 42 ]] && echo "$n < 42"