--- /dev/null
+#!/bin/sh
+
+set -e
+
+usage()
+{
+ printf "USAGE:\n\t$0 [-eq|-ne|-lt|-le|-gt|-ge] FILE1 FILE2\n"
+}
+
+help()
+{
+ printf "Small utility to compare file sizes without printing them with set -x.\n\n"
+ usage
+}
+
+case "$1" in
+ -h) help; exit 0 ;;
+ --help) help; exit 0 ;;
+esac
+
+if ! test -f $2; then
+ printf "FILE1='%b' is not a file\n\n" "$2"
+ usage
+ exit 1
+fi
+
+if ! test -f $3; then
+ printf "FILE2='%b' is not a file\n\n" "$3"
+ usage
+ exit 1
+fi
+
+
+size1=$(wc -c < $2)
+size2=$(wc -c < $3)
+
+case "$1" in
+ -eq) [ "$size1" -eq "$size2" ] ;;
+ -ne) [ "$size1" -ne "$size2" ] ;;
+ -lt) [ "$size1" -lt "$size2" ] ;;
+ -le) [ "$size1" -le "$size2" ] ;;
+ -gt) [ "$size1" -gt "$size2" ] ;;
+ -ge) [ "$size1" -ge "$size2" ] ;;
+esac