Syntax error: "integer expression expected"

Question

I am using below script

x=5.44
p=0
temp=$(printf "%.*f\n" $p $x)
echo $temp
if [ temp -gt 0 ]
  then
  echo "inside"
fi

and I am getting below output with error.

5
./temp.sh: line 6: [: temp: integer expression expected

Answer 1

You need to use $ for the shell to expand temp (As your script is written you are trying to compare the literal string temp to the integer 0). You also should quote it:

x=5.44
p=0
temp=$(printf "%.*f\n" $p $x)
echo "$temp"
if [ "$temp" -gt 0 ]
then
  echo "inside"
fi

---

If you are using bash a better way to do it would be using bash arithmetic expression like so:

x=5.44
p=0
temp=$(printf "%.*f\n" $p $x)
echo "$temp"
if ((temp>0)); then
  echo "inside"
fi

Inside of the arithmetic expression ((…)) you do not need a $ for expansion and you cannot quote.