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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Some problem about file test Post 302282807 by phantandy on Monday 2nd of February 2009 12:12:32 AM
Old 02-02-2009
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Originally Posted by cfajohnson

Are you sure it works when there are multiple matching files? I've never heard of a Bourne-type shell where that would work.
Yes, this part is taken from a script which has been running on our HPUX system for years. Now we are migrating the system to Linux, that's how we found this problem.
 

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CBTEST(1)						      Quick Database Manager							 CBTEST(1)

NAME
cbtest - test cases for QDBM Cabin SYNOPSIS
cbtest sort [-d] rnum cbtest strstr [-d] rnum cbtest list [-d] rnum cbtest map [-d] rnum cbtest wicked rnum cbtest misc DESCRIPTION
The command `cbtest' is a utility for facility test and performance test. Measure the execution time of the command. This command is used in the following format. `rnum' specifies the number of records. cbtest sort [-d] rnum Perform test of sorting algorithms. cbtest sort [-d] rnum Perform test of string locating algorithms. cbtest list [-d] rnum Perform writing test of list. cbtest map [-d] rnum Perform writing test of map. cbtest wicked rnum Perform updating operations of list and map selected at random. cbtest misc Perform test of miscellaneous routines. Options feature the following. -d : read and show data of the result. This command returns 0 on success, another on failure. SEE ALSO
qdbm(3), cabin(3) AUTHOR
QDBM was written by Mikio Hirabayashi <mikio@fallabs.com>. Man Page 2005-06-01 CBTEST(1)
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