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From: jik@athena.mit.edu (Jonathan I. Kamens)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.shell
Subject: Re: Question about 'test' (Was Re: testing if a file is present)
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Date: 2 Dec 90 21:01:41 GMT
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In article <QPLIU.90Nov29205347@phoenix.princeton.edu>, qpliu@phoenix.princeton.edu (q.p.liu) writes:
|> In article <4586@auspex.auspex.com> guy@auspex.auspex.com (Guy Harris) writes:
|>  >"test"/"[" will then say "well, I was invoked as '[' rather than 'test';
|>  >that means I should check to make sure my last argument is ']', and
|>  >complain otherwise."
|> trying /bin/[ shows that it only checks if argv[0] == "[".

  Then either you did something wrong, or you're using a buggy version of
"test."

	$ [ frep
	test: ] missing
	$ echo $?
	255
	$ [ frep ]
	$ echo $?
	0

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