Re: Strange /usr/bin file
On Mon, Feb 11, 2008 at 12:59:37PM +0100, ???????????????????? ??. ???????????????? wrote:
> Quoth Kushal Kumaran:
> > On Feb 11, 2008 2:52 PM, Mirco Piccin <pictux@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Hi all.
> > > I find in my Debian Lenny machine this file, in /usr/bin folder:
> > >
> > > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 34504 2008-01-29 04:03 [
> > >
> > > Who created this file? What does it do?
> > >
> >
> > It's (mostly) a synonym for test. See the manpage for test(1).
A 'strings /usr/bin/[ | most' confirms this.
Regards
Johann
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