Hi, Greg Wooledge wrote: > https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-bash/2015-07/msg00125.html which states
$ test -n '<' -a true -bash: test: too many arguments This looks rather like the effect of having an operator named '<': $ test 1 '<' 2 && echo yes yes $ test 3 '<' 2 && echo yes $ One gets the same problem with traditional operator '=' $ test -n '=' -a 1 = 1 && echo yes bash: test: too many arguments because the parser of "test" wants to be smart with this $ test -n '=' -a || echo no no $ test -n '=' && echo yes yes The problem gets covered if only three arguments are given to "test" or if the reserved operator name is not the second argument. This is well an argument against attempts to be smart with "test", i have to confess. Have a nice day :) Thomas
