Re: test: add string operators added by POSIX 2024

[Pádraig Brady]

On 02/11/2024 04:02, Collin Funk wrote:
> Hi,
>
> The 'test' command has the following change in POSIX 2024 [1]:
>
>      Austin Group Defect 375 is applied, adding the
>      pathname1 -ef pathname2, pathname1 -nt pathname2,
>      pathname1 -ot pathname2, s1 > s2, and s1 < s2 primaries.
>
> The -ef, -nt, and -ot operators are already implement in Coreutils.
>
> This patch adds '>', '<' as documented [1]:
>
>      s1 > s2
>        True if s1 collates after s2 in the current locale; otherwise, false.
>      s1 < s2
>        True if s1 collates before s2 in the current locale; otherwise, false.
>
> They are sort of annoying since they have to be quoted for the shell to
> not interpret them as redirections. But now that they are standardized
> they should probably be implemented. :)
>
> Collin
>
> [1] https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9799919799/utilities/test.html

Excellent.
I added a NEWS entry and s/coreutils.txt/coreutils.texi/ in the commit message,
and pushed.

This also has the advantage of matching the behavior of bash and dash at least.

thanks!
Pádraig