Re: Strange /usr/bin file

[Bill Smith <bill@rakupottery.org.uk>]

Matthew Macdonald-Wallace wrote:
> On Mon, 11 Feb 2008 10:22:21 +0100
> "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?
> >
> > Thanks for any reply
> >
> > Regards
> > M
> >     
>
> What does 
>
> # file \[
>
> produce?  Is it a script or a binary?
>
> M.
>
>   
man [ is quite evealing

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Bill