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Re: test or [ does not handle parentheses as stated in manpage


From: Julian Gilbey
Subject: Re: test or [ does not handle parentheses as stated in manpage
Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2022 14:57:48 +0100

On Tue, Sep 06, 2022 at 02:56:12PM +0100, Julian Gilbey wrote:
> > > Ah, thanks!  May I suggest that adding this information as a note in
> > > the manpage would be very helpful?
> > 
> > The man page says, in the `test' description:
> > 
> > "Each operator and operand must be a separate argument."
> 
> Yes, but "(" and ")" are not usually considered to be operators or
> operands.

And I did have them separated, but didn't quote them when I did, so
making a comment about that in the manpage would still be helpful.

   Julian



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