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How to test strings for lexicographic less than or equal in Bash?
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You can flip the comparison and sign around and test negatively:
$ a="abc"
$ b="abc"
$ if ! [[ "$b" > "$a" ]] ; then echo "a <= b" ; fi
a <= b
If you want collating sequence of “A” then “a” then “B”… use:
shopt -s nocaseglob