UNIX TUTORIALS - Unix - Basic Operators
Unix - Basic Operators
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Arithmetic Operators:
Operator | Description | Example |
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+ | Addition - Adds values on either side of the operator | `expr $a + $b` will give 30 |
- | Subtraction - Subtracts right hand operand from left hand operand | `expr $a - $b` will give -10 |
* | Multiplication - Multiplies values on either side of the operator | `expr $a \* $b` will give 200 |
/ | Division - Divides left hand operand by right hand operand | `expr $b / $a` will give 2 |
% | Modulus - Divides left hand operand by right hand operand and returns remainder | `expr $b % $a` will give 0 |
= | Assignment - Assign right operand in left operand | a=$b would assign value of b into a |
== | Equality - Compares two numbers, if both are same then returns true. | [ $a == $b ] would return false. |
!= | Not Equality - Compares two numbers, if both are different then returns true. | [ $a != $b ] would return true. |
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Relational Operators:
Operator | Description | Example |
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-eq | Checks if the value of two operands are equal or not, if yes then condition becomes true. | [ $a -eq $b ] is not true. |
-ne | Checks if the value of two operands are equal or not, if values are not equal then condition becomes true. | [ $a -ne $b ] is true. |
-gt | Checks if the value of left operand is greater than the value of right operand, if yes then condition becomes true. | [ $a -gt $b ] is not true. |
-lt | Checks if the value of left operand is less than the value of right operand, if yes then condition becomes true. | [ $a -lt $b ] is true. |
-ge | Checks if the value of left operand is greater than or equal to the value of right operand, if yes then condition becomes true. | [ $a -ge $b ] is not true. |
-le | Checks if the value of left operand is less than or equal to the value of right operand, if yes then condition becomes true. | [ $a -le $b ] is true. |
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Boolean Operators:
Operator | Description | Example |
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! | This is logical negation. This inverts a true condition into false and vice versa. | [ ! false ] is true. |
-o | This is logical OR. If one of the operands is true then condition would be true. | [ $a -lt 20 -o $b -gt 100 ] is true. |
-a | This is logical AND. If both the operands are true then condition would be true otherwise it would be false. | [ $a -lt 20 -a $b -gt 100 ] is false. |
String Operators:
Operator | Description | Example |
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= | Checks if the value of two operands are equal or not, if yes then condition becomes true. | [ $a = $b ] is not true. |
!= | Checks if the value of two operands are equal or not, if values are not equal then condition becomes true. | [ $a != $b ] is true. |
-z | Checks if the given string operand size is zero. If it is zero length then it returns true. | [ -z $a ] is not true. |
-n | Checks if the given string operand size is non-zero. If it is non-zero length then it returns true. | [ -z $a ] is not false. |
str | Check if str is not the empty string. If it is empty then it returns false. | [ $a ] is not false. |
File Test Operators:
Operator | Description | Example |
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-b file | Checks if file is a block special file if yes then condition becomes true. | [ -b $file ] is false. |
-c file | Checks if file is a character special file if yes then condition becomes true. | [ -b $file ] is false. |
-d file | Check if file is a directory if yes then condition becomes true. | [ -d $file ] is not true. |
-f file | Check if file is an ordinary file as opposed to a directory or special file if yes then condition becomes true. | [ -f $file ] is true. |
-g file | Checks if file has its set group ID (SGID) bit set if yes then condition becomes true. | [ -g $file ] is false. |
-k file | Checks if file has its sticky bit set if yes then condition becomes true. | [ -k $file ] is false. |
-p file | Checks if file is a named pipe if yes then condition becomes true. | [ -p $file ] is false. |
-t file | Checks if file descriptor is open and associated with a terminal if yes then condition becomes true. | [ -t $file ] is false. |
-u file | Checks if file has its set user id (SUID) bit set if yes then condition becomes true. | [ -u $file ] is false. |
-r file | Checks if file is readable if yes then condition becomes true. | [ -r $file ] is true. |
-w file | Check if file is writable if yes then condition becomes true. | [ -w $file ] is true. |
-x file | Check if file is execute if yes then condition becomes true. | [ -x $file ] is true. |
-s file | Check if file has size greater than 0 if yes then condition becomes true. | [ -s $file ] is true. |
-e file | Check if file exists. Is true even if file is a directory but exists. | [ -e $file ] is true. |
#!/bin/sh val=`expr 2 + 2` echo "Total value : $val"
Total value : 4