[rogue_ronin]

Originally Posted by krischik

'[' is a abbreviation for 'test' - you find the documentation with 'info test' or 'man test'. Once I found that out I have stopped using '[' and use 'test' instead.

So instead of:

if [ -e /Some/File ] ; then

I use:

if test -e /Some/File; then

Martin

Thanks for the info. Honestly, and without irony, thanks.

You perfectly encapsulate my point -- without knowing it means 'test' you can't find out that it means 'test'. Lots of programmers seem to think that if you type only one character ([) instead of four characters (test) it's better. They can't help themselves.

Yet they won't use Forth. Go figure.



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