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From: gwyn@brl-tgr.ARPA (Doug Gwyn <gwyn>)
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Subject: Re: nonsense words for files
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Date: Wed, 15-May-85 16:53:57 EDT
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> On what UNIX systems (or what shells) is test part of the shell?  On
> every system (and shell) I've used, it's in /bin/test.

It's also built into all modern shells (e.g., SV Bourne, Korn).
Not only that, but most experienced users put the current directory
LAST in their $PATH to avoid unpleasant surprises while browsing, or
leave it out of the $PATH altogether (then type "./myprog" to run
"myprog" in the current directory), so that /bin/test would still get
executed instead of the local directory's "test".