Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] strange [ file
Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2006 12:28:14
Message-Id: 20060725102035.540228dc@hactar.digimed.co.uk
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] strange [ file by Arnau Bria
1 On Tue, 25 Jul 2006 11:00:38 +0200, Arnau Bria wrote:
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3 > I've seen a file named "[" in my /usr/bin ...
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5 [ is a synonym for the test command, see man test for details.
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7 This file isn't normally used, because [ and test are builtins in Bash.
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10 --
11 Neil Bothwick
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13 Some day my ship will come in, but with my luck, I'll be at the airport.

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