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## This is a unicode dash. Delete and retype as ASCII minus.
### Problematic code:
```sh
[[ 3 gt 2 ]] # Uses unicode en-dash character
```
### Correct code:
```sh
[[ 3 -gt 2 ]] # Uses regular ASCII hyphen-minus character
```
### Rationale:
A character that looks similar to `-` has made its way into your code. This is usually due to copy-pasting from blogs and other websites that formatted code as text, replacing the ASCII hyphen-minus with a Unicode dash character.
To fix it, simply delete and retype it.
For a large script, you can use your editor's Search&Replace by copy-pasting the bad dash.
### Exceptions:
None. If you want a literal Unicode dash character, just quote it.