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From: amos@instable.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.bugs.4bsd
Subject: Re: Bug/Feature in `test' - (nf)
Message-ID: <738@instable.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 5-Apr-87 04:53:31 EST
Article-I.D.: instable.738
Posted: Sun Apr  5 04:53:31 1987
Date-Received: Sun, 5-Apr-87 23:48:59 EST
References: <6200001@iaoobelix.UUCP> <256@quacky.mips.UUCP>
Reply-To: amos%nsta@nsc.com (Amos Shapir)
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In article <256@quacky.mips.UUCP> dce@quacky.UUCP (David Elliott) writes:
>In article <6200001@iaoobelix.UUCP> wagner@iaoobelix.UUCP writes:
>>The file `try' contains the following:
>>
>>	#! /bin/sh
>>	if [ "$1" = "-d" ] 
>>	then
>>	    echo ok
>>	fi

Problems with 'test' aside, you can avoid using it altogether by doing:

case "$1" in
-d) echo ok ;;
*)  echo bad ;;
esac

'case' is builtin while test (a.k.a. '[') usually isn't, and it also
interprets flags in its own way. The 'case' syntax is a little more
complicated, but if string comparison is all you need,
'case' is the way to go.
-- 
	Amos Shapir
National Semiconductor (Israel)
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