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Re: what is /usr/bin/[ ?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (James Fidell)
Fri Nov 8 04:33:46 1996
From: James Fidell <james@corp.netcom.net.uk>
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Date: Fri, 8 Nov 1996 09:30:56 +0000 (GMT)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.SOL.3.91.961108041724.10150A-100000@sun2.bnl.gov> from "jyan-min fang" at Nov 8, 96 04:20:40 am
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> the title says it all. so what is /usr/bin/[?
> (I can't find the man page for it)
HINT:
if test -f <filename>
may also be written :
if [ -f <filename ]
"test" does not have to be a shell built-in.
James.
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