How to compare file size in script?

[Steven W. Orr]

=>Hongwei Li wrote:
=>> Hi,
=>> 
=>> I want to write a script to compare file sizes.  My script is like this:
=>> 
=>> #!/bin/sh
    #!/bin/bash
=>> ls -l /tmp/test/t1 | awk '{print $5}' > thesize
    set -- (ls -l /tmp/test/t1)
    filesize=$5
=>> echo `cat thesize`
    echo $filesize
=>> if [ `cat thesize` > 300000 ]
    if (( filesize > 300000 ))
=>> then
=>>         echo "big file: thesize"
=>>         exit 0
=>> fi
=>> 
=>> But, no matter how small or big the file t1 is, it always display:
=>> 


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