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TEST(1) TEST(1)

    n1 -eq n2  True if the integers n1 and n2 are arithmetically
               equal.  Any of the comparisons -ne, -gt, -ge,
               -lt, or -le may be used in place of -eq.


On 2022/01/10 20:49, Benjamin Riefenstahl wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm trying to write a script in rc that needs to compare numbers.  It
> seems that rc does not do math, so I try to use bc for that.  But I
> encounter this:
>
>    term% echo '1 < 2' | bc
>    stdin:1 syntax error
>    2
>
> man bc says this should work, right?
>
> Thanks, benny
>
>