'/usr/bin/[' (was RE: FC12: Hidden files in /usr/bin/*)

[Fulko Hew]

On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 11:41 AM, Cleaver, Japheth <jcleaver at soe.sony.com>wrote:

>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: devel-bounces at lists.fedoraproject.org
> > [mailto:devel-bounces at lists.fedoraproject.org] On Behalf Of
> > Denis Leroy
> > Sent: Friday, January 22, 2010 8:34 AM
> > To: Development discussions related to Fedora
> > Subject: Re: FC12: Hidden files in /usr/bin/*
>
> *snip*
>
> > Speaking on funny things in /usr/bin
> >
> > what about '/usr/bin/[', part of cureutils... had never
> > noticed this one before.
> >
> > -denis
>
> Isn't that simply what makes "if [ (blah) ]" work?
>

Yup!  Thats not a hidden file, just a piece of magic.
Its not hidden, it just _looks_ likes its obfuscated.  :-(
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