Re: [Help-bash] if and [ ] equivalence

[Ken Irving]

On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 12:22:36AM -0400, DJ Mills wrote:
> ... '[' is just a command, like any other. Same with '&&'

Most commands ('&&' included) don't require terminating constructs
further along the command line, so '[' seems unusual to me.

I suppose the standalone command /usr/bin/[ may check for ] as its
last argument, but otherwise the shell probably parses the whole [
... ] construct.

I prefer using 'test' over '[' in scripts, but is the latter more
efficient?

Ken