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From: Steve Howe <un_x@anchorage.net>
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Subject: string or int?
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in regards to sh programming ...
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"man test" says to use != and = for strings,
and -ne and -eq for integers ...

many times, they appear to be interchangable ...
what is the rule to determine whether your
value is a string or an integer?