[NTLUG:Discuss] The [ 32-bit ELF executable

[david]

Leroy Tennison wrote:
> On SuSE 10.3 there is a /usr/bin/[ executable (yes, the name of the 
> program is simply the open square bracket).  Doing a little research:
>
> file /usr/bin/[
> /usr/bin/[: ELF 32-bit LSB executable, Intel 80386, version 1 (SYSV), 
> for GNU/Linux 2.6.4, dynamically linked (uses shared libs), stripped
>
> Is this how BASH implements [ ?
>
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It is shorthand for the "test" command.