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test parentheses documentation improvement
From: |
Bob Proulx |
Subject: |
test parentheses documentation improvement |
Date: |
Sat, 6 Apr 2002 16:46:04 -0700 |
I noticed that the texinfo documentation for 'test' did not mention
parentheses. Here is a small patch to improve the documentation in
that area.
Bob
diff -ru ../fileutils-4.1.8.original/doc/coreutils.texi ./doc/coreutils.texi
--- ../fileutils-4.1.8.original/doc/coreutils.texi Sat Mar 30 00:13:00 2002
+++ ./doc/coreutils.texi Sat Apr 6 16:43:24 2002
@@ -8188,7 +8188,7 @@
* File characteristic tests:: -e -s -nt -ot -ef
* String tests:: -z -n = !=
* Numeric tests:: -eq -ne -lt -le -gt -ge
-* Connectives for test:: ! -a -o
+* Connectives for test:: ! -a -o ()
@end menu
@@ -8428,6 +8428,11 @@
@table @samp
address@hidden ( @var{expr1} )
address@hidden ()
address@hidden ( expression )
+True if the grouped expression is true.
+
@item ! @var{expr}
@opindex !
True if @var{expr} is false.
@@ -8445,6 +8450,11 @@
True if either @var{expr1} or @var{expr2} is true.
@end table
+
address@hidden parentheses for grouping
+Parentheses may be used for expression grouping. However, since they
+are special to the shell you must quote parentheses to protect them from
+shell evaluation.
@node expr invocation
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