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I was looking around the directories for a file and I came across a file named:
"["
in /usr/bin.
I've never noticed it before. And my only experiences with oddly-named ...
- 10-12-2008 #1Just Joined!
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What is this file?!
I was looking around the directories for a file and I came across a file named:
"["
in /usr/bin.

I've never noticed it before. And my only experiences with oddly-named files like that have turned out to be viruses (in Windows). So I am just wondering if anyone can shed a little light on the subject.
BTW - I'm running a pretty clean install of Lenny (just installed it a few days ago) and here's a directory listing showing that file:
- 10-12-2008 #2
I wouldn't worry about it too much, I have the same file on my machine and the permissions are all the same.
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- 10-12-2008 #3Linux Guru
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I have it too...it appears to be an executable but doesn't respond well when run or when asked for help. I ran man against it and it links to the manpage for test. Could this be an alias for test?


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