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bug#69939: test utility bug: "test -a -a -a" and "test -o -o -o" fail
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Andreas Schwab |
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bug#69939: test utility bug: "test -a -a -a" and "test -o -o -o" fail |
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Fri, 22 Mar 2024 18:24:41 +0100 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) |
On Mär 22 2024, Pádraig Brady wrote:
> Though I see bash 5.2.26 has issue with it :/
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> $ test \( -a \) -a \( -a \)
> bash: test: `)' expected
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> bash doesn't like the -a in particular, and is ok with other strings:
That's because in bash -a is ambiguous:
-a FILE True if file exists.
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