[TUHS] /bin/true (was basic tools / Universal Unix)
Dave Horsfall
dave at horsfall.org
Sun Oct 22 14:18:33 AEST 2017
On Thu, 19 Oct 2017, Kurt H Maier wrote:
> It's still useful. Minimal example:
>
> [khm at pc ~]$ (exec cd /); echo $?
> 0
> [khm at pc ~]$ (exec cd /nosuchpath); echo $?
> /usr/bin/cd: line 2: cd: /nosuchpath: No such file or directory
> 1
And others pointed out the same thing; OK, it's obscure (because "test -x
{}" doesn't quite fit the bill) but I'm convinced.
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