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Re: [ -d (#i)Temp ]

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From: Ray Andrews <rayandrews@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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Subject: Re: [ -d (#i)Temp ]
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2026 19:30:11 -0700
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On 2026-04-10 18:39, Alexis wrote:

Where `[` is a command, it's an alternate form of the `test` command,to the extent that on some systems they're actually the same binary.GNU Coreutils provides both `/usr/bin/[` and `/usr/bin/test`.

Yeah, it strikes me a very strange that '[' is a binary, guess you'dhave to have been there back when the shells were being written. AnywayI'll take syntax any day, if possible.

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