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		acqq on Feb 27, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Bash Shell Scripting in 10 seconds The article writes about Bash and not about POSIX standardization of test command which omits double brackets.

ez77 on March 6, 2012 [–]

I replied to a specific comment, not to the article. In particular, nescafe said this was "an OK intro to pre-POSIX bourne shell scripting". I took this to mean that he would provide POSIX-endorsed suggestions. The double brackets, at least, are not "post-POSIX".

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