onstruct.
----
<
is less than, in ASCII alphabetical order
<code>
if [[ "$a" < "$b" ]]
if [ "... \< "$b" ]
</code>
Note that the "<" needs to be escaped within a [ ] construct.
----
>
is greater than, in ASCII alphabetical order
<code>
if [[ "$a" > "$b" ]]
if [ ... > "$b" ]
</code>
Note that the ">" needs to be escaped within a [ ] construct.
See Example 27-11 for