-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Tom Grove wrote: > Hello all...I am new to this Debian thing :-) I used it in the Woody > days but moved over to the FreeBSD world for the last few years. I > recently installed Testing (Lenny) and see the left bracket in my > /usr/bin directory and do not know what it is. When I ls -al it I get: > > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 24752 2007-01-30 13:51 /usr/bin/[ > > This leads me to believe that it was installed with the base system or > some package because I just installed the system earlier this week. Any > help is much appreciated. Thanks.
I also have this file, and when I type man [, the manual for test shows up. Now why this is I have no idea. If I try the command (since it is executable) I get : bash: [: missing `]' This is beyond my comprehension. Joe - -- Registerd Linux user #443289 at http://counter.li.org/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGQci0iXBCVWpc5J4RAi1BAJwMZH1krywB9ZKGKRv8ltPdzKbF0gCfR9bI YFFBNzQttrl0YQ+W9cr2vXU= =A/+B -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]