Bash To Test For Lenght Of A String

[shanenin]

I am trying to use bash to test for the length of a string. Nothing seems to be making sence to me.

this code tests(and works) for a string larger then 7

#!/bin/bash
PASS=asdfghjkl
if  [[ `echo ${#PASS}` > 7 ]]
    then echo "works"
fi

but it fails with an error if I use '>=' like this. Why?

#!/bin/bash
PASS=asdfghjkl
if  [[ `echo ${#PASS}` >= 7 ]]
    then echo "works"
fi

I would think the following code would test for a string larger then 7 but smaller then 11, but this is not testing as true, it is testing as false

#!/bin/bash
PASS=asdfghjkl
if  [[ `echo ${#PASS}` > 7 ]] &&  [[ `echo ${#PASS}` < 11 ]]
    then echo "works"
fi

thanks for helping me sort this out

edit added later//

the problem seems to be specifically with this test. It is returning a 1, why is it not returning a 0 ?

#!/bin/bash
PASS=asdfghjkl
[[ `echo ${#PASS}` < 11 ]]
echo $?

Edited July 23, 2005 by shanenin

[shanenin]

doing it like this works

#!/bin/bash
PASS=asdfghjkl
if  (( ${#PASS} > 7 )) &&  (( ${#PASS} < 11 ))
   then echo "works"
fi

Edited July 23, 2005 by shanenin