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On Fri, 09 Jan 2009 07:36:26 -0700, Eric Blake <ebb9 AT byu DOT net> wrote:

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>According to Hongyi Zhao on 1/9/2009 6:38 AM:
>> But I cann't figure this out, see the following results on my box:
>> 
>> $ echo [ -f *.cache-2 ]
>> [ -f *.cache-2 ]
>
>That means there aren't any *.cache-2 files in your directory.  Next, try
>this:
>
>$ touch a.cache-2 b.cache-2
>$ echo [ -f *.cache-2 ]
>[ -f a.cache-2 b.cache-2 ]

In your example, considering that the a.cache-2 and b.cache-2 have
been created by touch command, both the [ -f a.cache-2] and [ -f
b.cache-2 ] should have the value: true.  My issue is: how can I grab
this value, say, by using echo command?

Regards,

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.: Hongyi Zhao [ hongyi.zhao AT gmail.com ] Free as in Freedom :.


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