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Subject: Re: Bourne shell "if" syntax
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On Mon, 10 Jun 2013 14:05:45 -0500, Tim Daneliuk <tundra@tundraware.com>  
wrote:

>   if  [  _"$PTR"  ==  _  ]  ;  then

I've never seen this syntax before. Intriguing!