What about [[? I've seen scripts using [[ instead of only one [. Whats the
point/difference?
On Nov 8, 2011 9:02 AM, Claudio Roberto França Pereira spide...@gmail.com
wrote:
What about [[? I've seen scripts using [[ instead of only one [. Whats
the point/difference?
AFAIK [[ was originally a bash-specific built-in command that provides more
functionality than /bin/[, but can still use
On Nov 8, 2011 1:01 PM, Pandu Poluan pa...@poluan.info wrote:
On Nov 8, 2011 9:02 AM, Claudio Roberto França Pereira
spide...@gmail.com wrote:
What about [[? I've seen scripts using [[ instead of only one [. Whats
the point/difference?
AFAIK [[ was originally a bash-specific built-in
Yes, it's a different binary, and it's perfectly usual to find it in a
Linux system.
But note that, at least in bash, you rarely will be using /usr/bin/[
unless you reference it using the full path (either in a relative or
absolute way). This is because bash has a builtin that takes over that
On Thu, 13 Oct 2011 15:38:08 +0200
Jesús J. Guerrero Botella jesus.guerrero.bote...@gmail.com wrote:
Yes, it's a different binary, and it's perfectly usual to find it in a
Linux system.
But note that, at least in bash, you rarely will be using /usr/bin/[
unless you reference it using the
On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 9:50 AM, Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com wrote:
On Thu, 13 Oct 2011 15:38:08 +0200
Jesús J. Guerrero Botella jesus.guerrero.bote...@gmail.com wrote:
Yes, it's a different binary, and it's perfectly usual to find it in a
Linux system.
But note that, at least in
On Thu, 13 Oct 2011 09:59:21 -0400
Michael Mol mike...@gmail.com wrote:
The binaries are usually POSIX-compliant, whereas the builtins may
include extra bashisms (which tend to break apps expecting just
the basic POSIX behaviour)
I haven't encountered POSIX-dependent apps breaking on
On Wed, 2011-10-12 at 07:45 +0200, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote:
William Kenworthy bi...@iinet.net.au [11-10-12 07:40]:
I have been checking my system for some deep seated problems and in the
process, ran across the fact that equery files sys-apps/coreutils-8.7
shows a file included called
Am Tue, 11 Oct 2011 22:42:00 -0700
schrieb Canek Peláez Valdés can...@gmail.com:
On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 10:35 PM, William Kenworthy
bi...@iinet.net.au wrote:
I have been checking my system for some deep seated problems and in
the process, ran across the fact that equery files
I have been checking my system for some deep seated problems and in the
process, ran across the fact that equery files sys-apps/coreutils-8.7
shows a file included called /usr/bin/[ - thats right, left square
bracket!
Is that a bug or if real, what would you use it for? It doesnt seem to
be on
On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 10:35 PM, William Kenworthy bi...@iinet.net.au wrote:
I have been checking my system for some deep seated problems and in the
process, ran across the fact that equery files sys-apps/coreutils-8.7
shows a file included called /usr/bin/[ - thats right, left square
On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 10:35 PM, William Kenworthy bi...@iinet.net.au wrote:
I have been checking my system for some deep seated problems and in the
process, ran across the fact that equery files sys-apps/coreutils-8.7
shows a file included called /usr/bin/[ - thats right, left square
William Kenworthy bi...@iinet.net.au [11-10-12 07:40]:
I have been checking my system for some deep seated problems and in the
process, ran across the fact that equery files sys-apps/coreutils-8.7
shows a file included called /usr/bin/[ - thats right, left square
bracket!
Is that a bug or
13 matches
Mail list logo
