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According to Buchbinder, Barry (NIH/NIAID) [E] on 3/24/2006 7:59 PM:
> 
> Are they supposed to be different?

Yes.  "[" requires a final "]" argument, while "test" does not.  And POSIX
requires that "test --help" and "[ --help ]" both return success (0)
without output.  Only [ can print a help message, and only when you use a
syntax that is not specified by POSIX (namely, "[ --help".  "man test"
shows 5 forms (2 for test and 3 for [) for that very reason.

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