>> > > if [ ! " $lscmd" ]; then >> That expression can never be true due to the additional space.
Thanks. We too caught that overzealous edit on my part shortly after my posting to the bug-coreutils@gnu.org list, and fixed it locally, using the -z test instead, just as you suggested. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Nelson H. F. Beebe Tel: +1 801 581 5254 - - University of Utah FAX: +1 801 581 4148 - - Department of Mathematics, 110 LCB Internet e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - - 155 S 1400 E RM 233 [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] - - Salt Lake City, UT 84112-0090, USA URL: http://www.math.utah.edu/~beebe/ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list Bug-coreutils@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils
