Help with first bash script please

[Paul Howarth]

Serge de Souza wrote:
> Paul Howarth 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

Indeed, but both [ and test are builtins in bash so it won't use the ones in 
/usr/bin unless you specifically tell it to.

Paul.