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if [ $1 != "-a" -a $1 != "-b" -a $1 != "-p" ]; then blah; blah; blah; fi
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shouldn't test be able to handle this, for simple option checking?
i think "test" gets confused and chokes because it thinks
"-a", "-b", "-p" are "test" options.

i doesn't seem like there is any way to "quote" out the options i'd like
to test so that test doesn't think they are its own ...

is there?