On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 8:02 AM, Paul Jarc <p...@po.cwru.edu> wrote: > Jon Seymour <jon.seym...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Not sure this is correct. The ] is parsed by the shell > > It's parsed by the [ command. That happens to be a builtin command, > so yes, it is done by the shell, but it is not part of the grammar of > the shell language. > >> This is why the -n option reports an error, since -n suppresses >> command execution. > > -n *doesn't* report an error, because it only checks that the script > satisfies the shell grammar. It doesn't verify that the arguments of > builtin commands are meaningful. >
I stand corrected. jon.
