Bash script to compare two numbers.

shoebill

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

We are only using the -gt and -eq operators. See others available at: https://www.tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/comparison-ops.html

Code.

$ cat learnbash.sh 
#!/bin/bash

read -p "Enter a number between 1 and 10: " Firstnumber
read -p "Enter a number between 1 and 10: " Secondnumber


if [ "$Firstnumber" -gt "$Secondnumber" ]
then
   echo "Hey, that's not fair!"
elif [ "$Firstnumber" -eq "$Secondnumber" ]
then
   echo "Equal pay rules"
else
   echo "Back to the drawing board"
fi

Run the script. test all possibilities.

$ ./learnbash.sh 
Enter a number between 1 and 10: 3
Enter a number between 1 and 10: 5
Back to the drawing board
$ ./learnbash.sh 
Enter a number between 1 and 10: 5
Enter a number between 1 and 10: 2
Hey, that's not fair!
$ ./learnbash.sh 
Enter a number between 1 and 10: 5
Enter a number between 1 and 10: 5
Equal pay rules