#!/bin/sh# validfloat -- Tests whether a number is a valid floating-point value.# Note that this script cannot accept scientific (1.304e5) notation.# To test whether an entered value is a valid floating-point number, we# need to split the value at the decimal point. We then test the first part# to see if it's a valid integer, then test the second part to see if it's a# valid >=0 integer, so -30.5 is valid, but -30.-8 isn't.. validint  # Bourne shell notation to source the validint functionvalidfloat(){ fvalue="$1" if [ ! -z $(echo $fvalue | sed 's/[^.]//g') ] ; then  decimalPart="$(echo $fvalue | cut -d. -f1)"  fractionalPart="$(echo $fvalue | cut -d. -f2)"  if [ ! -z $decimalPart ] ; then   if ! validint "$decimalPart" "" "" ; then    return 1   fi  fi  if [ "${fractionalPart%${fractionalPart#?}}" = "-" ] ; then   echo "Invalid floating-point number: '-' not allowed /    after decimal point" >&2   return 1  fi  if [ "$fractionalPart" != "" ] ; then   if ! validint "$fractionalPart" "0" "" ; then    return 1   fi  fi  if [ "$decimalPart" = "-" -o -z "$decimalPart" ] ; then   if [ -z $fractionalPart ] ; then    echo "Invalid floating-point format." >&2 ; return 1   fi  fi else  if [ "$fvalue" = "-" ] ; then   echo "Invalid floating-point format." >&2 ; return 1  fi  if ! validint "$fvalue" "" "" ; then   return 1  fi fi return 0}