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Date:      Tue, 6 May 1997 07:01:14 -0800 (AKDT)
From:      Steve Howe <un_x@anchorage.net>
To:        freebsd-questions <questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   string or int?
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970506064528.10842A-100000@aak.anchorage.net>

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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?




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