$ free=45 $ if test $free -ge 45 > then > echo greater > else > echo not greater > fi greater hth GovindanK On Wed, 18 Apr 2007 16:48:52 -0400, "Shivaswamy Raghunath" <shivaswamykr@xxxxxxxxx> said: Hello. I am trying to enhance a shell script in bash shell on HP UX. I need your help, please. I need the script to mail me if the value of a variable is more than certain number. How can I do this? $free is the variable If $free > 500 mailx -s "Value of free is :" the _value_of_free [1]shivaswamykr@xxxxxxx fi is what I want to do . Can you tell me how I can do this. Thanks for your help, Shiva References 1. mailto:shivaswamykr@xxxxxxx