How do I play with test command properly?
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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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