Re: Docco

[Chet Ramey]

On 3/27/24 5:50 AM, Phi Debian wrote:

> Ok may be my wording is not correct, but yet it require a good reading
> compile to get it right, first read all about [[ that is at the top of the
> man (at 5%), then get the 'CONDITIONAL EXPRESSIONS' distingo between [[ vs
> [ (at 40%) and finally get to 'test expr' (at 92%) to discover the whole
> thing about -a vs -e (same for other options), a little heads up when quick
> reading directly at 'CONDITIONAL EXPRESSIONS' would not hurt and not
> jeopardise the docco semantic I guess?

This is from the first paragraph of CONDITIONAL EXPRESSIONS:

"The test and [  commands  determine  their
 behavior  based  on  the  number  of arguments; see the descriptions of
 those commands for any other command-specific actions."

The texinfo manual has internal cross-references; the man page format is
not that flexible.

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