Hi all,

I am having a problem in comparing numeric value with string.
I have a variable in my script which gets the value dynamically. It can be a numeric value or a string. [ FILE_COUNT=5 (or) FILE_COUNT="VARIABLE" ]

I have to do separate task based on its value numeric or sting variable VARIABLE.

I grep FILE_COUNT and obtained the value. But its giving error when i did either
if [ $FILE_COUNT == "VARIABLE" ]
or
if [ $FILE_COUNT -eq "VARIABLE" ]
as it is not two numeric or two string comparisons.

I tried using test also likewise
if [ test $FILE_COUNT = "VARIABLE" ] but invain

I am thinking of using "typeset -i <variable>" concept but it assigns 0 if it is a string and the dynamic value that i receive can also be 0.

So, can you please give me some light in to this issue to let me move forward in this.

Thanks in advance,

Naren

Maybe don't use output but check with something like this?
]$ checkNumeric yesitsanumber; echo $?
1
]$ checkNumeric 1; echo $?
0