Re: '/usr/bin/[' (was RE: FC12: Hidden files in /usr/bin/*)

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On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 11:41 AM, Cleaver, Japheth <jcleaver@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> -----Original Message-----
> From: devel-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:devel-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> Denis Leroy
> Sent: Friday, January 22, 2010 8:34 AM
> To: Development discussions related to Fedora
> Subject: Re: FC12: Hidden files in /usr/bin/*

*snip*

> Speaking on funny things in /usr/bin
>
> what about '/usr/bin/[', part of cureutils... had never
> noticed this one before.
>
> -denis

Isn't that simply what makes "if [ (blah) ]" work?

Yup!  Thats not a hidden file, just a piece of magic.
Its not hidden, it just _looks_ likes its obfuscated.  :-(



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