g7fernandes/compare_versions

Simple bash script to compare version numbers

The script compare_versions.sh receives two arguments and echoes =, > and < depending. The input may be version numbers separated by points or spaces. Examples:

$ ./compare_versions.sh "1.22.3" "1.3.2"
>
$ ./compare_versions.sh "1.22.3" "1 3"
<
$ ./compare_versions.sh "1.3" "1.3"
=
$ ./compare_versions.sh "4 3" "1.3"
>

Criteria

The version numbers are compared left to right delimited by the dots or spaces.