Re: Substring search in dash [ _NOT_ bash ] shell
On Tue, Sep 27, 2016 at 05:05:08PM +0200, Thomas Schmitt wrote:
> Greg Wooledge wrote:
> > Do not use -o and -a in a test command.
> > http://mywiki.wooledge.org/BashPitfalls#pf6
>
> As if anybody would dare to touch the old "test" command. :))
>
> Rather i avoid "[" brackets, not to allow any implementor an excuse.
> But in plaintext mode i wanted to stay near to the given original example.
> It worked when i tested in dash and bash.
The test and [ commands have the same features and limitations. The only
difference is the final argument of [ has to be ].
People do run into the problem occasionally in real life:
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-bash/2015-07/msg00125.html
But, I will admit it's rare. (And hard to Google, though this is mostly
due to Google's extremely inconvenient refusal to let you use punctuation
in searches.)
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