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From: TJ Luoma <luomat@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2011 10:25:24 -0400
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Subject: Re: checking for file existence when I don't know the exact name
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2011/10/24 J=C3=A9r=C3=A9mie Roquet <arkanosis@gmail.com>

> From the man, section =E2=80=9Cconditional expressions=E2=80=9D :
>
>  =E2=80=9CFile generation is not  performed on any form of argument to co=
nditions.=E2=80=9D
>

This isn't file _generation_, is it? Or am I not understanding zsh's terms?

TjL

ps -- thanks to the other responders as well. Glad to know I wasn't just
doing it wrong, but that it just doesn't work the way I thought. I guess I
still don't fully understand why / when to use [[ ]] instead of [ ]

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