Dan Jacobson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Paul> With a single argument, test only tells you whether that arguments is
> Paul> empty.  You want "test -t 0" (or 1 or 2).
>
> $ man test
>        -t [FD]
>               file descriptor FD (stdout by default) is opened on a terminal
> I.e. argument optional

Making it optional is historical, but violates SUSv3.  (test --help
and test --version also violate SUSv3.)


paul


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