Help with first bash script please

[Serge de Souza]

Paul Howarth wrote:
> Graham Cossey wrote:
> 
> 
> I also find it useful to think of the "[" in the "if" statement:
> 
> if [ x = y ]; then ...
> 
> as being the same as the command "test" (see man test). When you think 
> of it ("[") as a command (which it is), the need for a space after it is 
> more obvious in my mind.
> 
> Paul.
> 

So much so that '[' is a sym link to test:

ls -l /usr/bin/[
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root 4 Mar 13  2004 /usr/bin/[ -> test



Serge