$ perl -le'print "$ARGV[0] is ", $ARGV[0] gt $ARGV[1] ? "" : "NOT ", "greater than $ARGV[1]"'  12 18
12 is NOT greater than 18
$ perl -le'print "$ARGV[0] is ", $ARGV[0] gt $ARGV[1] ? "" : "NOT ", "greater than $ARGV[1]"'  12 10
12 is greater than 10
$ perl -le'print "$ARGV[0] is ", $ARGV[0] gt $ARGV[1] ? "" : "NOT ", "greater than $ARGV[1]"'  7 10
7 is greater than 10