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Old 06-13-2006
newbie problem

hi,

I want to clarify this matter for a long time so here I come,

I seen people use

if [[ some condition ]]
or
if [ some condition ]
or
if (( some condition ))

exactly what are the difference? Thanks!
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Old 06-14-2006
Did you read through the man pages ? See Command Syntax under man ksh
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Old 06-17-2006
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