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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers What is the meaning of "-s" option in "if" statement? Post 302634413 by ThomasMcA on Thursday 3rd of May 2012 10:02:05 AM
Old 05-03-2012
The bash man page says it is a conditional expression:

Quote:
Conditional expressions are used by the [[ compound command and the test and [ builtin commands
My original point, however, is that the "-letter" syntax is easier to lookup in the man test page than it is in the man bash page.
 

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ns_lctl(3aolserver)					    AOLserver Built-In Commands 				       ns_lctl(3aolserver)

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NAME
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for(n), foreach(n), while(n) KEYWORDS
threads, iteration, list, looping, cancel AOLserver 4.5 ns_lctl(3aolserver)
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