test puzzle

From	Chris Elvidge <chris@mshome.net>
Newsgroups	gnu.bash.bug
Subject	test puzzle
Date	2020-05-10 15:12 +0100
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID	<r9924r$j60$1@dont-email.me> (permalink)

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Misspelling a variable name made me realise this:

[ -f $misspelledvar ] is always true.
I agree it should be:
[ -f "$misspelledvar" ] which would be false.

Is this a bug or a feature?

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Chris Elvidge, England

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