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Robert Persson wrote: |
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> Someone was kind enough to send me a script that calls /usr/bin/test. When the |
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> script didn't work I realised that test was behaving strangely. Basically it |
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> doesn't seem to return anything. |
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> For instance "test -f /usr/bin/test" doesn't display any output. |
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> Nor does "test --help". |
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> Nor "test --version". |
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> The version I am using is from sys-apps/coreutils-5.2.1-r6 . |
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> It's very hard to do a google search for anything to do with troubleshooting a |
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> program called "test". Anyone know what is going on here? |
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Well, you could start with `man test`. However, test is also a bash builtin (try `type test`) so you may want to consult the bash info manual instead (try `info bash`). |
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Zac |
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