

Debian bug report logs - #908
[ -n $var ] always true

Package: bash ; Reported by: rdr@legislate.com (Raul Miller); 27 days
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Subject: Re: Bug#908: [ -n $var ] always true

I made a goof in my problem report.  The problem exists, but the
symptoms are not described properly.

test -z $var            works
test -n $var            doesn't work

[ -z $var ]             doesn't work
[ -n $var ]             doesn't work

The [ ] versions aren't always true -- they may fail with a "too many
arguments" error.

Raul
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Subject: [ -n $var ] always true

Package: bash
Version: 1.14.3-2

[ -n $var ]     is always true, and
[ -z $var ]     is always false.

test -n $var    works properly
test -z $var    works properly

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Raul Miller
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