Re: '/usr/bin/[' (was RE: FC12: Hidden files in /usr/bin/*)

2010-01-25 Thread Bryn M. Reeves
On Fri, 2010-01-22 at 08:41 -0800, Cleaver, Japheth wrote: Denis Leroy what about '/usr/bin/[', part of cureutils... had never noticed this one before. -denis Isn't that simply what makes if [ (blah) ] work? It's cute isn't it? I had the biggest grin the day I realised that '['

Re: '/usr/bin/[' (was RE: FC12: Hidden files in /usr/bin/*)

2010-01-25 Thread Andreas Schwab
Garrett Holmstrom gho...@fedoraproject.org writes: On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 6:09 AM, Bryn M. Reeves b...@redhat.com wrote: It's cute isn't it? I had the biggest grin the day I realised that '[' was just another command.. That's the reason [[ can use special characters like and without

Re: '/usr/bin/[' (was RE: FC12: Hidden files in /usr/bin/*)

2010-01-25 Thread Bryn M. Reeves
On Mon, 2010-01-25 at 17:44 +0100, Andreas Schwab wrote: Bryn M. Reeves b...@redhat.com writes: nitpick [ may be a built in but then again (as its presence in /usr/bin implies) it may not be :). Like any other command. But unlike '[[' which is the point I was replying to. Afaik you

'/usr/bin/[' (was RE: FC12: Hidden files in /usr/bin/*)

2010-01-22 Thread Cleaver, Japheth
-Original Message- From: devel-boun...@lists.fedoraproject.org [mailto:devel-boun...@lists.fedoraproject.org] On Behalf Of Denis Leroy Sent: Friday, January 22, 2010 8:34 AM To: Development discussions related to Fedora Subject: Re: FC12: Hidden files in /usr/bin/* *snip