Re: false-negative on file-existance

[Eric Blake]

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According to Daniel Reichelt on 11/6/2009 2:12 PM:
> Hi
> 
> I have a file named "a  b" which contains two spaces. Doing a
> 
> $ test -f a\ \ b && echo true
> true
> 
> echoes true as expected. However doing a
> 
> $ test -f "a b" && echo true || echo $?
> 1
> exits with code 1. Is this behaviour expected?

Yes.  "a b" != "a  b".  Check your spacing.

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Eric Blake             address@hidden
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