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Converting string to int doesn't work properly in terminal.

I want to find how much time specific string occur in a big string.

if ((echo "iOS/i" | grep -o iOS/ | wc -l | bc)>2) then echo "ThreeOrMore"; else echo"TwoOrLess"; fi

result

ThreeOrMore

But the result actually should be TwoOrLess

but inner part works well

echo "iOS/i" | grep -o iOS | wc -l | bc

result

1

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You can't use > to compare numbers in bash (> is used to redirect output to a file), you need to run the comparison as part of a test/[ command. Also the call to bc doesn't seem to do anything, echo "iOS/i" | grep -o iOS | wc -l already outputs 1.

The updated snippet looks like this (split on several lines for easier readability):

if [ $(echo "iOS/i" | grep -o iOS/ | wc -l) -gt 2 ]; then
    echo "ThreeOrMore"
else
    echo "TwoOrLess"
fi
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    So | wc -l is needed. I tried to omit wc -l, but this expression didn't returned 3 : echo "iOS/iOS/iOS" | grep -o -c iOS
    – Voloda2
    Apr 4, 2015 at 15:27
  • Ah, looks like I just learned something. Thanks, I'll edit the answer accordingly.
    – nohillside
    Apr 4, 2015 at 15:29

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