On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 10:35 PM, William Kenworthy <bi...@iinet.net.au> wrote: > I have been checking my system for some deep seated problems and in the > process, ran across the fact that "equery files sys-apps/coreutils-8.7" > shows a file included called "/usr/bin/[" - thats right, left square > bracket! > > Is that a bug or if real, what would you use it for? It doesnt seem to > be on the file system ... > > moriah ~ # /usr/bin/[ > /usr/bin/[: missing `]' > moriah ~ # > > doesnt show much!
'/usr/bin/[' is a synonym for the '/usr/bin/test' utility. It's used in shell scripts like if [ -f /etc/passwd ] ; then ... So don't worry. It's supposed to be there. -- Manuel A. McLure WW1FA <man...@mclure.org> <http://www.mclure.org> ...for in Ulthar, according to an ancient and significant law, no man may kill a cat. -- H.P. Lovecraft
