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Re: [ -z $FOO ] seems broken in beta13

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From: Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic@xxxxxxx>
To: zsh-workers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (ZSH Workers Mailing List)
Subject: Re: [ -z $FOO ] seems broken in beta13
Date: 10 Jun 1996 19:18:20 +0200
In-reply-to: Zefram's message of Mon, 10 Jun 1996 18:03:37 +0100 (BST)
References: <7884.199606101703@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sender: hniksic@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Zefram (A.Main@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) wrote:
> 
> >I use [ -z $TERM ] to check for terminal settings, and since we revved up
> >from 2.5, I'm now forced to use $+TERM.
> >
> >Now I get "argument expected".  Is this correct?
> 
> Yes.  If $TERM is empty, then $TERM will be removed from the command
> line completely, leaving `[ -z ]`, which is a syntax error.  If you use
> "$TERM" (note the quotes), then the result will be `[ -z "" ]`, which
> is legal.

I thought you got this behaviour only by turning on shwordsplit?

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- Re: [ -z $FOO ] seems broken in beta13
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