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Re: bash fails if-then test when enclosing negated test command in paren


From: Chet Ramey
Subject: Re: bash fails if-then test when enclosing negated test command in parentheses
Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2001 11:33:23 -0400

> Machine Type: i386-redhat-linux-gnu
> 
> Bash Version: 2.04
> Patch Level: 21
> Release Status: release
> 
> Description:
> This bash shell is not behaiving the same way as other versions I have
> tested.  In particular the "if" command is failing to recognise the negation
> of the if-test when the if-test is placed in parentheses and negated with "!".

This was fixed in bash-2.05.

-- 
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Chet Ramey, CWRU    chet@po.CWRU.Edu    http://cnswww.cns.cwru.edu/~chet/



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