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#1 (**permalink**) 02-16-2008, 08:11 AM

Hi!

What is the purpose of the /bin/[ executable? (found on my 4.2 and 4.1
installations).

Thanks for your reply,
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#2 (**permalink**) 02-16-2008, 08:11 AM

Antoine Junod <toto@tots-ns.net> wrote:

> What is the purpose of the /bin/[ executable? (found on my 4.2 and 4.1
> installations).

What about 'man ['?

Helmut

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#3 (**permalink**) 02-16-2008, 08:11 AM

"Helmut Schneider" <jumper99@gmx.de> writes:

> Antoine Junod <toto@tots-ns.net> wrote:
>
>> What is the purpose of the /bin/[ executable? (found on my 4.2 and 4.1
>> installations).
>
> What about 'man ['?

Hum. Shame on me.

Thanks,
-AJ

#4 (**permalink**) 02-16-2008, 08:11 AM

Antoine Junod <toto@tots-ns.net> writes:

> "Helmut Schneider" <jumper99@gmx.de> writes:
>
>> Antoine Junod <toto@tots-ns.net> wrote:
>>
>>> What is the purpose of the /bin/[ executable? (found on my 4.2 and 4.1
>>> installations).
>>
>> What about 'man ['?

The three last lines of

# strings /bin/\[

gives also an interesting information:

$OpenBSD: test.c,v 1.9 2006/04/25 04:39:04 deraadt Exp $
0000000000000000
OpenBSD

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-AJ

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