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		pyentropy on March 8, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: What was the point of [ “x$var” = “xval” ]? (2021) Wait... zsh which is quite a powerful shell that's now by default on macOS too, would say "(" is equal to ")" until 2016? Was it just single [ (test) or [[ as well?

adql on March 8, 2023 [–]

Wouldn't be surprised if it was just backward compatibility so bash/sh scripts work

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