Compare two versions in bash script

bash-version-compare.sh

#!/bin/bash

#
# Compare two versions in bash script
# Originally get from http://stackoverflow.com/a/4025065
#

vercomp() {
  if [[ $1 == $2 ]]; then
    return 0
  fi
  local IFS=.
  local i ver1=($1) ver2=($2)
  # fill empty fields in ver1 with zeros
  for ((i = ${#ver1[@]}; i < ${#ver2[@]}; i++)); do
    ver1[i]=0
  done
  for ((i = 0; i < ${#ver1[@]}; i++)); do
    if [[ -z ${ver2[i]} ]]; then
      # fill empty fields in ver2 with zeros
      ver2[i]=0
    fi
    if ((10#${ver1[i]} > 10#${ver2[i]})); then
      return 1
    fi
    if ((10#${ver1[i]} < 10#${ver2[i]})); then
      return 2
    fi
  done
  return 0
}