RE: files without package
Max Hyre wrote:
> Dear Andreas:
>
>Casper BodenCummins wrote:
>
>> /usr/bin/[*
>> This is junk. Blow it away.
>
>DON'T DO IT!
>
>Whew---sorry for shouting, but: This is indeed a file named ``['',
>and it's executable (hence the ``*'' in what must be an ls -lF
>listing).
>
>``['' is a synonym for the ``test'' command, used in shell programming
>constructs such as:
[..]
Hey, *sorry* folks (especially Andreas). This bit of bad advice really
generated a lot of replies. I never would have realised that "[" was a
link to "test" - what a bizarre-looking and cunning way to do it.
It brings to mind the unofficial SAS motto: assumption is the mother of
all f*ck-ups.
Casper Boden-Cummins.
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