$ for OVFTOOL_VERSION in "4.2.0" "4.2.1" "5.2.0" "3.2.0" "4.1.9" "4.0.1" "4.3.0" "4.5.0" "4.2.1" "30.1.0" "4" "5" "4.1" "4.3"
> do
>   if [ $(echo "$OVFTOOL_VERSION 4.2.0" | tr " " "\n" | sort --version-sort | head -n 1) = 4.2.0 ]; then 
>     echo "$OVFTOOL_VERSION is >= 4.2.0"; 
>   else 
>     echo "$OVFTOOL_VERSION is < 4.2.0"; 
>   fi
> done
4.2.0 is >= 4.2.0
4.2.1 is >= 4.2.0
5.2.0 is >= 4.2.0
3.2.0 is < 4.2.0
4.1.9 is < 4.2.0
4.0.1 is < 4.2.0
4.3.0 is >= 4.2.0
4.5.0 is >= 4.2.0
4.2.1 is >= 4.2.0
30.1.0 is >= 4.2.0
4 is < 4.2.0
5 is >= 4.2.0
4.1 is < 4.2.0
4.3 is >= 4.2.0

这里是另一个没有任何外部调用的纯bash解决方案:

#!/bin/bash

function version_compare {

IFS='.' read -ra ver1 <<< "$1"
IFS='.' read -ra ver2 <<< "$2"

[[ ${#ver1[@]} -gt ${#ver2[@]} ]] && till=${#ver1[@]} || till=${#ver2[@]}

for ((i=0; i<${till}; i++)); do

    local num1; local num2;

    [[ -z ${ver1[i]} ]] && num1=0 || num1=${ver1[i]}
    [[ -z ${ver2[i]} ]] && num2=0 || num2=${ver2[i]}

    if [[ $num1 -gt $num2 ]]; then
        echo ">"; return 0
    elif
       [[ $num1 -lt $num2 ]]; then
        echo "<"; return 0
    fi
done

echo "="; return 0
}

echo "${1} $(version_compare "${1}" "${2}") ${2}"

还有更简单的解决方案，如果你确定所讨论的版本在第一个点后不包含前导零:

#!/bin/bash

function version_compare {

local ver1=${1//.}
local ver2=${2//.}


    if [[ $ver1 -gt $ver2 ]]; then
        echo ">"; return 0
    elif    
       [[ $ver1 -lt $ver2 ]]; then
        echo "<"; return 0
    fi 

echo "="; return 0
}

echo "${1} $(version_compare "${1}" "${2}") ${2}"

这适用于像1.2.3 vs 1.3.1 vs 0.9.7这样的版本，但不适用于其他版本 1.2.3 vs 1.2.3.0或1.01.1 vs 1.1.1

如果你有coreutils-7 (Ubuntu Karmic，而不是Jaunty)，那么你的排序命令应该有一个-V选项(版本排序)，你可以使用它来进行比较:

verlte() {
    [  "$1" = "`echo -e "$1\n$2" | sort -V | head -n1`" ]
}

verlt() {
    [ "$1" = "$2" ] && return 1 || verlte $1 $2
}

verlte 2.5.7 2.5.6 && echo "yes" || echo "no" # no
verlt 2.4.10 2.4.9 && echo "yes" || echo "no" # no
verlt 2.4.8 2.4.10 && echo "yes" || echo "no" # yes
verlte 2.5.6 2.5.6 && echo "yes" || echo "no" # yes
verlt 2.5.6 2.5.6 && echo "yes" || echo "no" # no

我不喜欢这些解决方案，因为它们漏洞百出、不可移植等等。

我(目前)努力提出一个更好的解决方案……src: version_compare(),测试

Sorta-copied /贴在这里……

来源:

##
# Compare two versions.
#
# **Usage:** version_compare version1 operator version2
#
# - operator:
#
#   + ``lesser_than``, ``-lt``, ``<``
#   + ``lesser_than_or_equal``, ``-le``, ``<=``
#   + ``greater_than``, ``-gt``, ``>``
#   + ``greater_than_or_equal``, ``-ge``, ``>=``
#   + ``equal``, ``-eq``, ``==``
#   + ``not_equal``, ``-ne``, ``!=``
#
# - version{1,2}: arbitrary version strings to compare
#
# **Version Format:** ``[0-9]+($VERSION_SEPARATOR[0-9]+)*`` (i.e. 1, 1.0, 90, 1.2.3.4)
#
# **Returns:** true if comparison statement is correct
##
version_compare() {
    _largest_version "$1" "$3"; _cmp="$(printf '%s' "$?")"

    # Check for valid responses or bail early
    case "$_cmp" in
        1|0|2) :;;
        *) _die "$_cmp" 'version comparison failed';;
    esac

    # The easy part
    case "$2" in
        'lesser_than'|'-lt'|'<')
            [ "$_cmp" = '2' ] && return 0
            ;;
        'lesser_or_equal'|'-le'|'<=')
            [ "$_cmp" = '0' ] && return 0
            [ "$_cmp" = '2' ] && return 0
            ;;
        'greater_than'|'-gt'|'>')
            [ "$_cmp" = '1' ] && return 0
            ;;
        'greater_or_equal'|'-ge'|'>=')
            [ "$_cmp" = '1' ] && return 0
            [ "$_cmp" = '0' ] && return 0
            ;;
        'equal'|'-eq'|'==')
            [ "$_cmp" = '0' ] && return 0
            ;;
        'not_equal'|'-ne'|'!=')
            [ "$_cmp" = '1' ] && return 0
            [ "$_cmp" = '2' ] && return 0
            ;;
        *) _die 7 'Unknown operatoration called for version_compare().';;
    esac
    return 1
}

##
# Print a formatted (critical) message and exit with status.
#
# **Usage:** _die [exit_status] message
#
# - exit_status: exit code to use with script termination (default: 1)
# - message: message to print before terminating script execution
##
_die() {
        # If first argument was an integer, use as exit_status
        if [ "$1" -eq "$1" ] 2>/dev/null; then
                _exit_status="$1"; shift
        else
                _exit_status=1
        fi

        printf '*** CRITICAL: %s ***\n' "$1"
        exit "$_exit_status"
}

##
# Compare two versions.
# Check if one version is larger/smaller/equal than/to another.
#
# **Usage:** _largest_version ver1 ver2
#
# Returns: ($1 > $2): 1 ; ($1 = $2): 0 ; ($1 < $2): 2
# [IOW- 1 = $1 is largest; 0 = neither ; 2 = $2 is largest]
##
_largest_version() (
    # Value used to separate version components
    VERSION_SEPARATOR="${VERSION_SEPARATOR:-.}"

    for _p in "$1" "$2"; do
        [ "$(printf %.1s "$_p")" = "$VERSION_SEPARATOR" ] &&
            _die 7 'invalid version pattern provided'
    done

    # Split versions on VER_SEP into int/sub
    _v="$1$2"
    _v1="$1"
    _s1="${1#*$VERSION_SEPARATOR}"
    if [ "$_v1" = "$_s1" ]; then
        _s1=''
        _m1="$_v1"
    else
        _m1="${1%%$VERSION_SEPARATOR*}"
    fi
    _v2="$2"
    _s2="${2#*$VERSION_SEPARATOR}"
    if [ "$_v2" = "$_s2" ]; then
        _s2=''
        _m2="$_v2"
    else
        _m2="${2%%$VERSION_SEPARATOR*}"
    fi

    # Both are equal
    [ "$_v1" = "$_v2" ] && return 0

    # Something is larger than nothing (30 < 30.0)
    if [ -n "$_v1" ] && [ ! -n "$_v2" ]; then
        return 1
    elif [ ! -n "$_v1" ] && [ -n "$_v2" ]; then
        return 2
    fi

    # Check for invalid
    case "$_m1$_m2" in
        *[!0-9]*)
            _die 7 'version_compare called with unsupported version type'
            ;;
    esac

    # If a ver_sep is present
    if [ "${_v#*$VERSION_SEPARATOR}" != "$_v" ]; then
        # Check for a larger "major" version number
        [ "$_m1" -lt "$_m2" ] && return 2
        [ "$_m1" -gt "$_m2" ] && return 1

        # Compare substring components
        _largest_version "$_s1" "$_s2"; return "$?"
    else
        # Only integers present; simple integer comparison
        [ "$_v1" -lt "$_v2" ] && return 2
        [ "$_v1" -gt "$_v2" ] && return 1
    fi
)

测试:

# Simple test of all operators
( version_compare '1' 'lesser_than' '2' ); [ "$?" = '0' ] || return 1
( version_compare '2' 'equal' '2' ); [ "$?" = '0' ] || return 1
( version_compare '3' 'not_equal' '1' ); [ "$?" = '0' ] || return 1
( version_compare '2' 'greater_than' '1' ); [ "$?" = '0' ] || return 1
( version_compare '1' '-lt' '2' ); [ "$?" = '0' ] || return 1
( version_compare '2' '-eq' '2' ); [ "$?" = '0' ] || return 1
( version_compare '3' '-ne' '1' ); [ "$?" = '0' ] || return 1
( version_compare '2' '-gt' '1' ); [ "$?" = '0' ] || return 1

# Semver test of primary operators (expect true)
( version_compare '7.0.1' '-lt' '7.0.2' ); [ "$?" = '0' ] || return 1
( version_compare '7.0.2' '-eq' '7.0.2' ); [ "$?" = '0' ] || return 1
( version_compare '3.0.2' '-ne' '2.0.7' ); [ "$?" = '0' ] || return 1
( version_compare '7.0.2' '-gt' '7.0.1' ); [ "$?" = '0' ] || return 1

# Semver test of primary operators (expect false)
( version_compare '7.0.2' '-lt' '7.0.1' ); [ "$?" = '1' ] || return 1
( version_compare '3.0.2' '-eq' '2.0.7' ); [ "$?" = '1' ] || return 1
( version_compare '7.0.2' '-ne' '7.0.2' ); [ "$?" = '1' ] || return 1
( version_compare '7.0.1' '-gt' '7.0.2' ); [ "$?" = '1' ] || return 1

# Mismatched version strings (expect true)
( version_compare '7' '-lt' '7.1' ); [ "$?" = '0' ] || return 1
( version_compare '3' '-ne' '7.0.0' ); [ "$?" = '0' ] || return 1
( version_compare '7.0.1' '-gt' '7' ); [ "$?" = '0' ] || return 1

# Mismatched version strings (expect false)
( version_compare '7.0.0' '-eq' '7.0' ); [ "$?" = '1' ] || return 1

# Invalid operation supplied
( version_compare '2' '-inv' '1' >/dev/null ); [ "$?" = '7' ] || return 1

# Invalid version formats
( version_compare '1..0' '==' '1.0' >/dev/null ); [ "$?" = '7' ] || return 1
( version_compare '1.0' '==' '1..0' >/dev/null ); [ "$?" = '7' ] || return 1
( version_compare '1.0' '==' '1.0b7' >/dev/null ); [ "$?" = '7' ] || return 1
( version_compare '1.0a' '==' '1.0' >/dev/null ); [ "$?" = '7' ] || return 1

# "how does that handle comparing 10.0.0 (not a number) to 2.0 (a number)?"
( version_compare '10.0.0' '-lt' '2.0' ); [ "$?" = '1' ] || return 1
( version_compare '10.0' '-gt' '2.0.0' ); [ "$?" = '0' ] || return 1

# not less/greater-than... but equal
( version_compare '7' '-lt' '7' ); [ "$?" = '1' ] || return 1
( version_compare '7' '-gt' '7' ); [ "$?" = '1' ] || return 1

# String vs. numerical comparison
( version_compare '1.18.1' '-gt' '1.8.1' ); [ "$?" = '0' ] || return 1


# Random tests found on the internet
( version_compare '1' '==' '1' ); [ "$?" = '0' ] || return 1
( version_compare '2.1' '<' '2.2' ); [ "$?" = '0' ] || return 1
( version_compare '3.0.4.10' '>' '3.0.4.2' ); [ "$?" = '0' ] || return 1
( version_compare '4.08' '<' '4.08.01' ); [ "$?" = '0' ] || return 1
( version_compare '3.2.1.9.8144' '>' '3.2' ); [ "$?" = '0' ] || return 1
( version_compare '3.2' '<' '3.2.1.9.8144' ); [ "$?" = '0' ] || return 1
( version_compare '1.2' '<' '2.1' ); [ "$?" = '0' ] || return 1
( version_compare '2.1' '>' '1.2' ); [ "$?" = '0' ] || return 1
( version_compare '5.6.7' '==' '5.6.7' ); [ "$?" = '0' ] || return 1
( version_compare '1.01.1' '==' '1.1.1' ); [ "$?" = '0' ] || return 1
( version_compare '1.1.1' '==' '1.01.1' ); [ "$?" = '0' ] || return 1
( version_compare '1' '!=' '1.0' ); [ "$?" = '0' ] || return 1
( version_compare '1.0.0' '!=' '1.0' ); [ "$?" = '0' ] || return 1

ver_cmp()
{
    local IFS=.
    local V1=($1) V2=($2) I
    for ((I=0 ; I<${#V1[*]} || I<${#V2[*]} ; I++)) ; do
        [[ ${V1[$I]:-0} -lt ${V2[$I]:-0} ]] && echo -1 && return
        [[ ${V1[$I]:-0} -gt ${V2[$I]:-0} ]] && echo 1 && return
    done
    echo 0
}

ver_eq()
{
    [[ $(ver_cmp "$1" "$2") -eq 0 ]]
}

ver_lt()
{
    [[ $(ver_cmp "$1" "$2") -eq -1 ]]
}

ver_gt()
{
    [[ $(ver_cmp "$1" "$2") -eq 1 ]]
}

ver_le()
{
    [[ ! $(ver_cmp "$1" "$2") -eq 1 ]]
}

ver_ge()
{
    [[ ! $(ver_cmp "$1" "$2") -eq -1 ]]
}

测试:

( ( while read V1 V2 ; do echo $V1 $(ver_cmp $V1 $V2) $V2 ; done ) <<EOF
1.2.3 2.2.3
2.2.3 2.2.2
3.10 3.2
2.2 2.2.1
3.1 3.1.0
EOF
) | sed 's/ -1 / < / ; s/ 0 / = / ; s/ 1 / > /' | column -t

1.2.3  <  2.2.3
2.2.3  >  2.2.2
3.10   >  3.2
2.2    <  2.2.1
3.1    =  3.1.0


ver_lt 10.1.2 10.1.20 && echo 'Your version is too old'

Your version is too old

我实现了一个函数，返回与Dennis Williamson相同的结果，但使用更少的行数。它最初执行一个健全性检查，导致1..0从他的测试中失败(我认为应该是这样)，但他所有的其他测试都通过了这段代码:

#!/bin/bash
version_compare() {
    if [[ $1 =~ ^([0-9]+\.?)+$ && $2 =~ ^([0-9]+\.?)+$ ]]; then
        local l=(${1//./ }) r=(${2//./ }) s=${#l[@]}; [[ ${#r[@]} -gt ${#l[@]} ]] && s=${#r[@]}

        for i in $(seq 0 $((s - 1))); do
            [[ ${l[$i]} -gt ${r[$i]} ]] && return 1
            [[ ${l[$i]} -lt ${r[$i]} ]] && return 2
        done

        return 0
    else
        echo "Invalid version number given"
        exit 1
    fi
}