bash scripting

[niall at kst.com (Niall Kavanagh)]

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?
> 
> 

Weird indeed, I found myself asking the same question today after looking
at the script that starts squid up. ;)

It's a "logical and".

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