哇……这是一个老问题，但我认为这是一个相当优雅的答案。首先，使用shell参数展开(参见shell参数展开)将每个点分隔的版本转换为自己的数组。

v1="05.2.3"     # some evil examples that work here
v2="7.001.0.0"

declare -a v1_array=(${v1//./ })
declare -a v2_array=(${v2//./ })

现在，这两个数组将版本号按优先级顺序作为数值字符串。上面的许多解决方案都是从这里开始的，但它们都源于这样的观察:版本字符串只是一个具有任意基数的整数。我们可以测试找到第一个不相等的数字(就像strcmp对字符串中的字符所做的那样)。

compare_version() {
  declare -a v1_array=(${1//./ })
  declare -a v2_array=(${2//./ })

  while [[ -nz $v1_array ]] || [[ -nz $v2_array ]]; do
    let v1_val=${v1_array:-0}  # this will remove any leading zeros
    let v2_val=${v2_array:-0}
    let result=$((v1_val-v2_val))

    if (( result != 0 )); then
      echo $result
      return
    fi

    v1_array=("${v1_array[@]:1}") # trim off the first "digit". it doesn't help
    v2_array=("${v2_array[@]:1}")
  done

  # if we get here, both the arrays are empty and neither has been numerically
  # different, which is equivalent to the two versions being equal

  echo 0
  return
}

如果第一个版本小于第二个版本，则返回负数，如果相等则返回零，如果第一个版本大于第二个版本则返回正数。一些输出:

$ compare_version 1 1.2
-2
$ compare_version "05.1.3" "5.001.03.0.0.0.1"
-1
$ compare_version "05.1.3" "5.001.03.0.0.0"
0
$ compare_version "05.1.3" "5.001.03.0"
0
$ compare_version "05.1.3" "5.001.30.0"
-27
$ compare_version "05.2.3" "7.001.0.0"
-2
$ compare_version "05.1.3" "5.001.30.0"
-27
$ compare_version "7.001.0.0" "05.1.3"
2

堕落的例子，”。2”或“3.0.”不起作用(未定义的结果)，并且如果'. 2 '旁边出现非数字字符。它可能会失败(还没有测试)，但肯定是没有定义的。因此，这应该与一个消毒函数或适当的检查有效的格式相匹配。此外，我相信通过一些调整，可以在没有太多额外负担的情况下使其更加健壮。

### the answer is does we second argument is higher
function _ver_higher {
        ver=`echo -ne "$1\n$2" |sort -Vr |head -n1`
        if [ "$2" == "$1" ]; then
                return 1
        elif [ "$2" == "$ver" ]; then
                return 0
        else
                return 1
        fi
}

if _ver_higher $1 $2; then
        echo higher
else
        echo same or less
fi

它非常简单和小。

对于旧版本/busybox排序。简单的形式提供了粗略的结果，往往奏效。

sort -n

这是特别有用的版本，其中包含alpha符号，如

10.c.3
10.a.4
2.b.5

这在版本中最多为4个字段。

$ function ver { printf "%03d%03d%03d%03d" $(echo "$1" | tr '.' ' '); }
$ [ $(ver 10.9) -lt $(ver 10.10) ] && echo hello  
hello

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