Is there any way to compare such strings on bash, e.g.: 2.4.5 and 2.8 and 2.4.5.1?
Here is a pure Bash version that doesn't require any external utilities:
#!/bin/bash
vercomp () {
if [[ $1 == $2 ]]
then
return 0
fi
local IFS=.
local i ver1=($1) ver2=($2)
# fill empty fields in ver1 with zeros
for ((i=${#ver1[@]}; i<${#ver2[@]}; i++))
do
ver1[i]=0
done
for ((i=0; i<${#ver1[@]}; i++))
do
if ((10#${ver1[i]:=0} > 10#${ver2[i]:=0}))
then
return 1
fi
if ((10#${ver1[i]} < 10#${ver2[i]}))
then
return 2
fi
done
return 0
}
testvercomp () {
vercomp $1 $2
case $? in
0) op='=';;
1) op='>';;
2) op='<';;
esac
if [[ $op != $3 ]]
then
echo "FAIL: Expected '$3', Actual '$op', Arg1 '$1', Arg2 '$2'"
else
echo "Pass: '$1 $op $2'"
fi
}
# Run tests
# argument table format:
# testarg1 testarg2 expected_relationship
echo "The following tests should pass"
while read -r test
do
testvercomp $test
done << EOF
1 1 =
2.1 2.2 <
3.0.4.10 3.0.4.2 >
4.08 4.08.01 <
3.2.1.9.8144 3.2 >
3.2 3.2.1.9.8144 <
1.2 2.1 <
2.1 1.2 >
5.6.7 5.6.7 =
1.01.1 1.1.1 =
1.1.1 1.01.1 =
1 1.0 =
1.0 1 =
1.0.2.0 1.0.2 =
1..0 1.0 =
1.0 1..0 =
EOF
echo "The following test should fail (test the tester)"
testvercomp 1 1 '>'
Run the tests:
$ . ./vercomp
The following tests should pass
Pass: '1 = 1'
Pass: '2.1 < 2.2'
Pass: '3.0.4.10 > 3.0.4.2'
Pass: '4.08 < 4.08.01'
Pass: '3.2.1.9.8144 > 3.2'
Pass: '3.2 < 3.2.1.9.8144'
Pass: '1.2 < 2.1'
Pass: '2.1 > 1.2'
Pass: '5.6.7 = 5.6.7'
Pass: '1.01.1 = 1.1.1'
Pass: '1.1.1 = 1.01.1'
Pass: '1 = 1.0'
Pass: '1.0 = 1'
Pass: '1.0.2.0 = 1.0.2'
Pass: '1..0 = 1.0'
Pass: '1.0 = 1..0'
The following test should fail (test the tester)
FAIL: Expected '>', Actual '=', Arg1 '1', Arg2 '1'