Bug in bash "[" function

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From: Peter Su
Date: Wed, 02 Aug 1989 13:21

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When bash interprets this code:

if [ ! -d $xtop/util -o ! -d $xtop/util/imake.includes ]; then
    echo "$progname"":  no X configuration files under $xtop"
    exit 1
fi

it says "[: too many arguments.", Bourne shell "[" works fine on the
same expression.

I think this is because the precedence of the ! operator is different
in bash than in sh.

Pete

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