A file named "["?

[Robert P. J. Day]

On Tue, 5 Jun 2012, Beartooth wrote:

>
> 	On one of my PCs, /bin contains an executable file whose name is
> the left square bracket, and nothing else.
>
> 	Opening it with gedit gets something that's part text (generally
> if not all commented out) and part stuff I can't read.
>
> 	Is there a test, usable by one who knows no code, whether it's
> malware??
>
> 	What should I do?

  you should leave it there -- it's an actual command.

rday

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