Re: Bash script problem

From	Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: Bash script problem
Date	2021-08-05 13:20 +0200
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On Thu, Aug 05, 2021 at 10:07:12AM +0200, tomas@tuxteam.de wrote:
> [1] Nowadays this is a little white lie: most shells have them
>    as builtins, but they are supposed to behave like regular
>    programs, for compat. There /is/ a /bin/test, but I can't
>    find a /bin/[ on my system anymore.

It's in /usr/bin on Debian.

unicorn:~$ type -a test [
test is a shell builtin
test is /usr/bin/test
[ is a shell builtin
[ is /usr/bin/[
unicorn:~$ ls -ld /usr/bin/[ /usr/bin/test
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 60224 Sep 24  2020 '/usr/bin/['
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 56128 Sep 24  2020  /usr/bin/test

I'm a bit surprised they're not the same program.  And also that they're
that large.  And that different in size from each other.

The external versions of test and [ need to exist for POSIX conformance,
and also so that you can -exec them from find(1) or other similar
programs.

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Bash script problem "Gary L. Roach" <garyroach719@gmail.com> - 2021-08-05 02:00 +0200
  Re: Bash script problem Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2021-08-05 02:10 +0200
    Re: Bash script problem "Gary L. Roach" <garyroach719@gmail.com> - 2021-08-05 05:50 +0200
      Re: Bash script problem john doe <johndoe65534@mail.com> - 2021-08-05 09:00 +0200
      Re: Bash script problem <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2021-08-05 10:10 +0200
        Re: Bash script problem Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2021-08-05 13:20 +0200
          test vs. [ [was: Bash script problem] <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2021-08-05 14:00 +0200
            Re: test vs. [ [was: Bash script problem] Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2021-08-05 14:40 +0200
              Re: test vs. [ [was: Bash script problem] <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2021-08-05 15:00 +0200
      Re: Bash script problem Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2021-08-05 14:30 +0200
  Re: Bash script problem Anssi Saari <as@sci.fi> - 2021-08-05 09:40 +0200
    Re: Bash script problem Tixy <tixy@yxit.co.uk> - 2021-08-05 10:30 +0200
      Re: Bash script problem <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2021-08-05 10:40 +0200
        Re: Bash script problem Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2021-08-05 14:00 +0200
          Re: Bash script problem "Gary L. Roach" <garyroach719@gmail.com> - 2021-08-05 22:10 +0200
            Re: Bash script problem Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2021-08-05 22:20 +0200
              Re: Bash script problem "Gary L. Roach" <garyroach719@gmail.com> - 2021-08-06 17:00 +0200
                Re: Bash script problem <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2021-08-06 17:10 +0200
            Re: Bash script problem David <bouncingcats@gmail.com> - 2021-08-06 01:40 +0200
              Re: Bash script problem Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2021-08-06 02:10 +0200
                Re: Bash script problem Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside <debian@polynamaude.com> - 2021-08-06 02:20 +0200
                Re: Bash script problem Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2021-08-06 02:30 +0200
                Re: Bash script problem The Wanderer <wanderer@fastmail.fm> - 2021-08-06 03:50 +0200
                Re: Bash script problem Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2021-08-06 04:10 +0200
              Re: Bash script problem Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside <debian@polynamaude.com> - 2021-08-06 02:10 +0200
                Re: Bash script problem Christian Groessler <chris@groessler.org> - 2021-08-06 02:30 +0200
                Re: Bash script problem Christian Groessler <chris@groessler.org> - 2021-08-06 03:00 +0200
                Re: Bash script problem Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2021-08-06 03:10 +0200
                Re: Bash script problem David <bouncingcats@gmail.com> - 2021-08-06 03:10 +0200
                Re: Bash script problem David <bouncingcats@gmail.com> - 2021-08-06 03:00 +0200
                Re: Bash script problem <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2021-08-06 09:00 +0200
              Re: Bash script problem David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2021-08-06 05:10 +0200
                Re: Bash script problem David <bouncingcats@gmail.com> - 2021-08-06 05:50 +0200
              Re: Bash script problem Darac Marjal <mailinglist@darac.org.uk> - 2021-08-06 09:20 +0200
  Re: Bash script problem Tom Browder <tom.browder@gmail.com> - 2021-08-06 01:00 +0200

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