Re: test or [ does not handle parentheses as stated in manpage

[Chet Ramey]

On 9/6/22 9:57 AM, Julian Gilbey wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 06, 2022 at 02:56:12PM +0100, Julian Gilbey wrote:
> > > > Ah, thanks!  May I suggest that adding this information as a note in
> > > > the manpage would be very helpful?
> > >
> > > The man page says, in the `test' description:
> > >
> > > "Each operator and operand must be a separate argument."
> >
> > Yes, but "(" and ")" are not usually considered to be operators or
> > operands.
>
> And I did have them separated, but didn't quote them when I did, so
> making a comment about that in the manpage would still be helpful.

From QUOTING:

"Each  of  the metacharacters listed above under DEFINITIONS has special
 meaning to the shell and must be quoted if it is to represent itself."

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