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Re: Docco


From: Chet Ramey
Subject: Re: Docco
Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2024 08:59:29 -0400
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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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