eolas/Programming Languages/Shell Scripting/Utilities, operators, flags.md
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tags:
- Programming_Languages
- shell
---
The following are useful built-in utility methods that you can use for checking and validation in the course of your bash scripts.
## Flags
### Prevent newline
Prevent bash from adding a new line after an echo:
````bash
echo 'Your name is Thomas'
echo 'and you are 33 years old'
# Your name is Thomas
# and you are 33 years old
````
````bash
echo -n 'Your name is Thomas '
echo 'and you are 33 years old'
# Your name is Thomas and you are 33 years old
````
## Operators
### Mathematical
````bash
-lt , -gt,
````