[lug] hack or just error?

stimits at comcast.net stimits at comcast.net
Wed May 26 20:37:07 MDT 2010


... 
Jeffrey Haemer wrote: 
> Try this. It's fun. 
> 
> /usr/bin/[ --help 
> 
> And, of course ":" is also a command, but 

And /usr/bin/[: is not a command. 

So D, is that what you meant or was it a typo? 

.... 

Kevin had the answer, it is an actual RPM package item. There was no typo, and I thought the name was terribly suspicious. Left square bracket '[' and colon ':', as a single file, '/usr/bin/[:' is apparently legitimate. 

D. Stimits, stimits AT comcast DOT net 
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