I want to compare long integer in shell script, but when i use
if [ $value -gt 1000000000 ]; then
echo "Warning: xxxxxxx"
fi

this script gives me error while running,
what could be the workaround?

I just tried that code with much larger numbers, and it works fine---what error are you getting?

Note: If you are running it as a script, you'll need the first statement---eg for bash:

#!/bin/bash

Also, how does the variable "value" get set?

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And yes, please give us some more context for the operation. Are you using bash, or another shell? What is the exact error? What exactly does the $value variable contain? Can you show us more of the code surrounding this?


If you're using bash or ksh, it's recommended to use [[..]] for string/file tests, and ((..)) for numerical tests. Avoid using the old [..] test unless you specifically need POSIX-style portability.

http://wiki.bash-hackers.org/commands/classictest
http://wiki.bash-hackers.org/syntax/...nal_expression
http://wiki.bash-hackers.org/syntax/arith_expr


Do note also that the shell can only do integer math. Floating point operations need to be handled with an external tool like bc or awk.

See here for too for more on shell arithmetic:
arithmetic expressions