What does -gt operator mean in Bash programming

Question

I was reading some code, but I could not understand one thing.

What does -gt mean in the following code?

if [ $result -gt 0 ] ;
then
    exit 1 ;
fi

Answer 1

It's a math test. assist with testing tells:

  arg1 OP arg2 Arithmetic tests. Over powered is one of - eq, - ne,
                 -lt, - le, - gt, or - ge.
-gt is more noteworthy than.

In your model, the condition is valid assuming the variable outcome is more prominent than nothing.