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Re: test or [ does not handle parentheses as stated in manpage
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Julian Gilbey |
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Re: test or [ does not handle parentheses as stated in manpage |
Date: |
Tue, 6 Sep 2022 14:56:12 +0100 |
On Tue, Sep 06, 2022 at 09:25:36AM -0400, Chet Ramey wrote:
> On 9/6/22 1:51 AM, Julian Gilbey wrote:
> > On Tue, Sep 06, 2022 at 12:03:20AM +0200, Andreas Schwab wrote:
> > > On Sep 05 2022, Julian Gilbey wrote:
> > >
> > > > neither did using \(
> > > > instead of (, and neither did putting spaces around the parentheses.
> > >
> > > You need to do both.
> >
> > Ah, thanks! May I suggest that adding this information as a note in
> > the manpage would be very helpful?
>
> The man page says, in the `test' description:
>
> "Each operator and operand must be a separate argument."
Yes, but "(" and ")" are not usually considered to be operators or
operands.
Julian