The difference between integer & string comparison operators in bash scripts.

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Take into account the main readme for this section. README first.

Note: In some certain situations where a number can be taken as a string or an integer, then a string or integer operator will work but, use the right comparison operator for the right script operation.

Interger type comparison operators eg:

-ne, -eq, etc are used for integers

The string comparison operators eg:

==, !=, <, >, etc are used for strings

See the following from The Linux Documentation Project: https://www.tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/comparison-ops.html for a detailed list.