of simple string manipulations that are commonly needed on file and path names.
Background
In tradit... in string handling functions -- and we frequently need to refer to just the directory or just the file n... This allows us to use any of these fields that we need from within the loop. Here we are just using the ... ams
Validates the existence of all the programs needed by the script; then exits. The exit code is zer
if [ "$a" \< "$b" ]
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Note that the "<" needs to be escaped within a [ ] construct.
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is... if [ "$a" \> "$b" ]
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Note that the ">" needs to be escaped within a [ ] construct.
See Examp