PowerShell: Test Order (Greater/Lesser)

By Xah Lee. Date: .

Operator names are case-insensitive.

For all these operators, if left-hand-side is a collection, it filter the collection.

value1 -gt value2
return $true if value1 is greater than value2
4 -gt 3 # True

3 -gt 4 # False
collection -gt value
filter collection, return a array containing items that's greater than value
3,4,5,6,7 -gt 5
# 6, 7

(3,4,5,6,7 -gt 5).gettype().tostring() -ceq "System.Object[]"
# true
-ge
greater than or equal
-lt
less than
-le
less than or equal
-igt
case-insensitive -gt
-ige
case-insensitive -ge
-ilt
case-insensitive -lt
-ile
case-insensitive -le
-cgt
case-sensitive -gt
-cge
case-sensitive -ge
-clt
case-sensitive -lt
-cle
case-sensitive -le

PowerShell Operators