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Subject: why test(1) works with -eq but not -nq ?
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Hi,


Could somebody explain me why in the second case I get an error (both
with test(1) and with sh's builtin) ?

itetcu@it> /var/log/ports [16:51:38] 0
 # sh
# cat ports_sup_log | wc -l
       3
# if [ "`cat ports_sup_log | wc -l`" -eq "3" ]; then echo 'da'; fi
da
# if [ "`cat ports_sup_log | wc -l`" -nq "3" ]; then echo 'da'; fi
[:        3: unexpected operator

# if (/bin/test "`cat ports_sup_log | wc -l`" -eq "3") ; then echo 'da'; fi
da
# if (/bin/test "`cat ports_sup_log | wc -l`" -nq "3") ; then echo 'da'; fi
test:        3: unexpected operator



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