Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2010 13:15:29 +0200 From: Thomas <fwd@gothschlampen.com> To: Aiza <aiza21@comclark.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: .sh check for numeric content Message-ID: <20100624111529.GA30312@gothschlampen.com> In-Reply-To: <20100624103113.GA27123@gothschlampen.com> References: <4C22B3D7.6070102@comclark.com> <20100624013755.GA5009@gothschlampen.com> <4C22C816.3000105@comclark.com> <4C22E4A0.1040206@comclark.com> <20100624103113.GA27123@gothschlampen.com>
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On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 12:31:13PM +0200, Thomas wrote: Hello, > Even if "[" at first glance seems like a special syntax of the shell, > it really is just an alternative name or way of calling test(1): > > $ ls -l $(which test [) > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 42584 2009-10-06 13:07 /usr/bin/[ > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 30284 2009-10-06 13:07 /usr/bin/test I just noticed how this snippet doesn't prove my point very well :) Hope this did not confuse you too much, just ignore the ls part. >From now on I'll refrain from posting until I've had my coffee and am fully awake.. Regards, Thomas
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