How do I play with test command properly?

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Published on 2010-05-29T04:21:22Z Indexed on 2010/05/29 4:32 UTC
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[root@jiaoyou ~]# test 1 = 1 -a 0 = 1
[root@jiaoyou ~]# if [1 = 1 -a 0 = 1]then echo 1;else echo 2;fi
-bash: syntax error near unexpected token `else'

Why test doesn't give any output and the if statement fails?

Can someone point out what's wrong here?

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