function check(){
local a="$1"
printf "%d" "$a" &>/dev/null && echo "integer" && return
printf "%d" "$(echo $a|sed 's/^[+-]?0+//')" &>/dev/null && echo "integer" && return
printf "%f" "$a" &>/dev/null && echo "number" && return
[ ${#a} -eq 1 ] && echo "char" && return
echo "string"
}
echo $(check "xx")
输出: string