Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Dirk Heinrichs <ext-dirk.heinrichs@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] strange [ file
Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2006 12:20:39
Message-Id: 200607251411.49952.ext-dirk.heinrichs@nokia.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] strange [ file by Alexander Skwar
1 Am Dienstag, 25. Juli 2006 13:02 schrieb ext Alexander Skwar:
2 > Dirk Heinrichs wrote:
3 > > Am Dienstag, 25. Juli 2006 11:00 schrieb ext Arnau Bria:
4 > >> I've seen a file named "[" in my /usr/bin ...
5 > >> [...]
6 > >>
7 > >> does any one know what could it be?¿
8 > >
9 > > It's the [ from "if [ condition ]; then ...", a shortcut for
10 > > /usr/bin/test.
11 >
12 > Nope, not correct.
13
14 OK: ... another form of /usr/bin/test. :-)
15
16 Bye...
17
18 Dirk
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