.sh check for numeric content

[Anh Ky Huynh]

On Thu, 24 Jun 2010 09:24:39 +0800
Aiza <aiza21 at comclark.com> wrote:

> Receiving a variable from the command line that is suppose
> to contain numeric values.
> 
> How do I code a test to verify the content is  numeric?

echo "$your_variable" | grep -E "^[0-9]+(\.[0-9]*)*[0-9]+$"

If $your_variable is numeric (123, or 123.123, etc), the return code should be 0. You can custom to script to support negative numbers.

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Anh Ky Huynh