Re: [ in /usr/bin Question
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On 05/09/07 08:12, Joe Hart wrote:
> Tom Grove wrote:
>> Hello all...I am new to this Debian thing :-) I used it in the Woody
>> days but moved over to the FreeBSD world for the last few years. I
>> recently installed Testing (Lenny) and see the left bracket in my
>> /usr/bin directory and do not know what it is. When I ls -al it I get:
>
>> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 24752 2007-01-30 13:51 /usr/bin/[
>
>> This leads me to believe that it was installed with the base system or
>> some package because I just installed the system earlier this week. Any
>> help is much appreciated. Thanks.
>
> I also have this file, and when I type man [, the manual for test shows
> up. Now why this is I have no idea. If I try the command (since it is
> executable) I get : bash: [: missing `]'
>
> This is beyond my comprehension.
Try:
$ man \[
Remember that the backslash "escapes" whatever character comes next,
making the program that is reading the data interpret it literally
instead of as a special character.
- --
Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA USA
Give a man a fish, and he eats for a day.
Hit him with a fish, and he goes away for good!
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