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|  | Posted: Sep. 10 2007,04:02 |  |  
 | Quote (^thehatsrule^ @ Sep. 09 2007,20:39) |  | In DSL, it looks like [ is a symlink to test. | 
 The /usr/bin --help files are the same for both "[" and "test."
 
 Manual for test:
 
 NAME
 2        test - check file types and compare values
 3
 
 SYNOPSIS
 5        test EXPRESSION
 6        [ EXPRESSION ]
 7        test OPTION
 
 What seems to differ from other languages is that "if" requires a command to follow it; thus the use of brackets (generally reserved for commands) instead of curly braces (for grouping, as with TCLTK, C++, etc.)
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