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Re: The binary "[.exe"
Hi Vanessa,
The [ is the test operator. Normally it is used in conditional
statements ( if [ "$TERM" = "xterm" ]; then ...) but testing can be used
in conjunction with logical testing (&& || - logical and, logical or)
for example: [ "$TERM" = "xterm" ] && echo "you are using xterm"
[ $? -eq 0 ] || exit # This will exit if the previous exit status was
non-zero
Russell
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Corpus Christi, Texas where's it's currently 54 and breezy
Vanessa Murdock wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I downloaded and installed cygwin. I did an ls -la on
> the /usr/bin/ directory and found a binary called
> "[.exe". Is this a legitimate utility (and what does
> it do)?
>
> (Note: I tried searching the web and the mail list
> archives for information about this, but the "["
> character isn't recognized (with or without quotes),
> and so every post that mentions ".exe" is retrieved,
> which is almost all of them. So I apologize if this
> has been answered elsewhere.)
>
> Thanks,
>
> Vanessa
>
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