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Date: Mon, 3 Jun 1996 12:39:13 -0700
From: "Jin Guojun[ITG]" <jin@george.lbl.gov>
Message-Id: <199606031939.MAA26616@george.lbl.gov>
To: bugs@freebsd.org, problem@bsdi.com
Subject: sh bug
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The sh in BSD does not take "-" as the argument in if statement if the
statement has more than one comparsions.
The following line are generating errors:

if [ "$1 = "-h" -o "$1" = "-help" ]; then
...
fi

if [ "$1 = "-h" -o 1 -le 2 ]; then
...
fi

if [ \( "$1 = "-h" \) -o \( "$1" = "-help" \) ];	then
...
fi

ERROR:
+ [ -h = -h -o -h = -help ]
[: syntax error: Undefined error: 0


but, it works in a single argument if statement:

if [ "$1 = "-h" ];	then
 ...
fi

Would some one please fix it?

	-Jin