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Re: The binary "[.exe"
Vanessa Murdock <vanessa01075 <at> yahoo.com> writes:
> I downloaded and installed cygwin. I did an ls -la on
> the /usr/bin/ directory and found a binary called
> "[.exe". Is this a legitimate utility (and what does
> it do)?
Yes it is legitimate - it is part of coreutils. For what
it does, try "/bin/[ --help". Your shell probably also
provides it as a builtin. It is an alias for test.
--
Eric Blake
volunteer cygwin coreutils maintainer
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