On Mon, Jul 8, 2024 at 3:35 AM Georg Pfuetzenreuter <georg@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/test.html states > > "The XSI extensions specifying the -a and -o binary primaries and the > '(' and ')' operators have been marked obsolescent." > > suggesting "&&" being preferred over "-a". That's annoying, I wonder why they did that. It does make the "test" parser a bit tricky, especially with empty expansions, but empty expansions are already a problem requiring careful quoting in the first place... Chris