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Re: '[ --version' should give output, instead a bash error missing re: m
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Greg Wooledge |
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Re: '[ --version' should give output, instead a bash error missing re: missing ']' |
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Tue, 22 Sep 2015 12:51:15 -0400 |
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Mutt/1.4.2.3i |
On Tue, Sep 22, 2015 at 11:46:05AM -0500, Daniel Simeone wrote:
> When I ran 'which [' it stated that the /usr/bin/[ was what was running,
> and so I presumed it was in bash.
which(1) is an external program, so it doesn't know about shell builtins.
Use "type [" in bash intead. I'm quite fond of type -a:
$ type -a [
[ is a shell builtin
[ is /usr/bin/[