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Subject: Re: Executable named "[.exe" in c:\cygwin\bin?
From: Csaba Raduly <rcsaba AT gmail DOT com>
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On Sun, Dec 12, 2010 at 5:49 AM, Jeffrey Walton wrote:
> Hi Guys,
>
> The executable name is suspicious at best. Attempting to search
> http://cygwin.com/packages/ results in an error "Invalid regular
> expression search string: `[.exe`". Qoutes, double quotes, and back
> ticks do not help during the search.

http://cygwin.com/cgi-bin2/package-grep.cgi?grep=\[.exe

>
> What is this program supposed to do?
>

I guess something like this:

[ -f file ] && echo is

Csaba
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