Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2004 17:09:14 +0300 From: Ion-Mihai Tetcu <itetcu@apropo.ro> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: why test(1) works with -eq but not -nq ? Message-ID: <20040421170914.5a5204a3@it.buh.cameradicommercio.ro>
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Hi,
Could somebody explain me why in the second case I get an error (both
with test(1) and with sh's builtin) ?
itetcu@it> /var/log/ports [16:51:38] 0
# sh
# cat ports_sup_log | wc -l
3
# if [ "`cat ports_sup_log | wc -l`" -eq "3" ]; then echo 'da'; fi
da
# if [ "`cat ports_sup_log | wc -l`" -nq "3" ]; then echo 'da'; fi
[: 3: unexpected operator
# if (/bin/test "`cat ports_sup_log | wc -l`" -eq "3") ; then echo 'da'; fi
da
# if (/bin/test "`cat ports_sup_log | wc -l`" -nq "3") ; then echo 'da'; fi
test: 3: unexpected operator
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