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bash scripting



It means "and".

  jj


"Anthony J. Gabrielson" <agabrielg at mediaone.net> writes:
> I did a man on test and there doesn't appeat to be a -a option.
> 
> Anthony
> 
> On Fri, 29 Sep 2000, Tom Guilderson wrote:
> 
> > I came accros the following construct in a bash script:
> > 
> > if [ ! -f /path_to_file_1 -a -f /path_to_file_2 ] ; then
> > 	execute some stuff
> > fi
> > 
> > My question is what is the -a option?
> > 
> > 
> > TIA
> > 
> > -- 
> > Tom Guilderson
> > Applied Technology Team
> > CVS Pharmacy
> > 401-770-3913
> > mailto:TWGuilderson at cvs.com
> > http://www.cvs.com/
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