IF commands

From: Andrea Arquint (aarquint_at_hsw.fhz.ch)
Date: 06/25/04 

Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2004 11:48:29 +0200

Hi

Id made a shell script like:

#!/bin/sh

MY_VAR=5

if [ $MY_VAR >= 3 ]; then
     cp /root/test.txt /tmp
fi

exit 0

#### End of shell script

This script example does not work??? Why

I don't know why but if I substitute the operator '>=' with '!=' than
the script works.

I don't know why that is... Must be a syntax error from the bash...

Thanks for help

Andrea

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