just another one of my rumblings

[Mike Frysinger]

On Friday 25 April 2008, Paul Fox wrote:
>  > [ -n "$var" ] is clear.  [ "$var" ] is not.
>
> it's exactly analogous to "if (foo != 0)" vs. "if (foo)".
>
> it's all subjective.  i'd probably have to look up "-n".  :-)

i doubt it's the same.  most people who understand shell coding know what 
the -n test means.  i would doubt that most people know what the default 
behavior is if no operator is specified at all.  unlike C coders who know 
that "true" means "non-0".
-mike
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