On Sat, Apr 29, 2017 at 07:47:06PM -0400, Adam Danischewski wrote:
> $ [[ -L
> "/mnt/samsung32/.word_list_repo/instruments_song_repo/546725_pinstripe.mp3"
> ]] && echo hi
> hi
> $ [[ -f
> "/mnt/samsung32/.word_list_repo/instruments_song_repo/546725_pinstripe.mp3"
> ]] && echo hi
> hi
>
> It looks like the test operator "-f" is not functioning as described,
> according to the documentation this should only return true on a REGULAR
> file, not a symbolic link.
It returns true for a symbolic link TO a regular file, as documented.
man bash -> CONDITIONAL EXPRESSIONS
Conditional expressions are used by the [[ compound command and the
test and [ builtin commands to test file attributes and perform string
and arithmetic comparisons.
[...]
Unless otherwise specified, primaries that operate on files follow
symbolic links and operate on the target of the link, rather than the
link itself.
