Re: New tests for test(1)

[Graham Wheeler]

Aaron Smith wrote:
> 
> this seems undesirable to me, since using it immediately makes your shell
> scripts nonportable. i liked the ls -t suggestion though.

Portability is a Good Thing, but I write a lot of one-off scripts
in which portability isn't an issue. Also, just because one uses
standard shell commands is no guarantee of portability, as a shell
script can invoke arbitrary programs, which may or may not be present 
or compatible across different hosts.

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