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From: jbm@uncle.UUCP (John B. Milton)
Newsgroups: unix-pc.general
Subject: YAkshBug
Keywords: ksh bug
Message-ID: <682@uncle.UUCP>
Date: 2 Feb 90 01:17:15 GMT
Reply-To: jbm@uncle.UUCP (John B. Milton)
Organization: U.N.C.L.E.
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Well, bug or inconsistancy:

if [ -f * ]; then echo yes; fi

will print "yes" if there are one or more files when using /bin/sh, but
not with ksh. Ksh gives a syntax error.

if sh -c "test -f *"; then echo yes; fi

Does work.

John
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