[lug] hack or just error?

[Nate Duehr]

On May 26, 2010, at 10:17 PM, stimits at comcast.net wrote:

> ...
> stimits at comcast.net wrote:
> > 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.
> 
> I have /usr/bin/[, so trying to run [: doesn't work.  Does it for you?  Is it just the test program?
> 
> Dave
> ...
> 
> I've been wondering that same thing :P Mostly it seems it satisfies something tcsh and csh want.

It's a built-in on some shells, and a weird filename/command for others... which can be handy when the built-in guys break something in the venerable ol' "test" binary/library/whatever it is today.  :-)

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