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I can not find anything about this, is it a known file?
I am using a CYGWIN based terminal on windows 10

Here are their locations and the commands I used.

$ find -name [*
./bin/[.exe
./usr/bin/[.exe

$ ls -l -a -r /* | grep [-.*>]
...all other files that match this...
-rwxr-xr-x 1 X 197121 67134 Nov 6 14:22 [.exe
drwxr-xr-x 1 X 197121 0 Apr 2 18:15 ..
drwxr-xr-x 1 X 197121 0 Jan 26 03:20 .

I would like more information on this file and whether or not I can remove it.

shell cygwin

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  Not necessarily, I didn't know what it was, all the times I've ls'ed into /bin/ No google searches for things close to and the title would provide much to the direct answer here below. Updated the title for relevance
  
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This question already has an answer here:

• 
  What is the purpose of square bracket executable
  
  3 answers
  
  

I can not find anything about this, is it a known file?
I am using a CYGWIN based terminal on windows 10

Here are their locations and the commands I used.

$ find -name [*
./bin/[.exe
./usr/bin/[.exe

$ ls -l -a -r /* | grep [-.*>]
...all other files that match this...
-rwxr-xr-x 1 X 197121 67134 Nov 6 14:22 [.exe
drwxr-xr-x 1 X 197121 0 Apr 2 18:15 ..
drwxr-xr-x 1 X 197121 0 Jan 26 03:20 .

I would like more information on this file and whether or not I can remove it.

shell cygwin

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• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Not necessarily, I didn't know what it was, all the times I've ls'ed into /bin/ No google searches for things close to and the title would provide much to the direct answer here below. Updated the title for relevance
  
  – Joe
  3 hours ago
  
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

This question already has an answer here:

• 
  What is the purpose of square bracket executable
  
  3 answers
  
  

I can not find anything about this, is it a known file?
I am using a CYGWIN based terminal on windows 10

Here are their locations and the commands I used.

$ find -name [*
./bin/[.exe
./usr/bin/[.exe

$ ls -l -a -r /* | grep [-.*>]
...all other files that match this...
-rwxr-xr-x 1 X 197121 67134 Nov 6 14:22 [.exe
drwxr-xr-x 1 X 197121 0 Apr 2 18:15 ..
drwxr-xr-x 1 X 197121 0 Jan 26 03:20 .

I would like more information on this file and whether or not I can remove it.

shell cygwin

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$ find -name [*
./bin/[.exe
./usr/bin/[.exe

$ ls -l -a -r /* | grep [-.*>]
...all other files that match this...
-rwxr-xr-x 1 X 197121 67134 Nov 6 14:22 [.exe
drwxr-xr-x 1 X 197121 0 Apr 2 18:15 ..
drwxr-xr-x 1 X 197121 0 Jan 26 03:20 .

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You should not remove that file. In general, don't remove random files that you have not created yourself.

It's the executable file for the [ utility. This utility is exactly the same as test but requires that the last operand is ].

See man [ and man test.

Example of use:

[ -n "hello" ] && echo '"hello" is a non-empty string'

You would also be able to use

/bin/[.exe -n "hello" ] && echo 'That works too'

(though I don't have access to Cygwin to try it, so I don't know if you need to specify the .exe suffix on the command or not)

Note that /bin/[.exe is the executable file for the external [ utility. This utility is very often also available as a built-in utility in your shell. If your shell is bash, then man bash (and help [) would document it.

Related:

• How exactly does "/bin/[" work?

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  This is ironically enough, hilarious. I did not know that was a legitimate executable. I thought it as a potential security risk through a regex related attack. Thank you very much for this information, it was thoroughly explained well,... formerly not, (now should be for others), provided through google/forum indexing.
  
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  3 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


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  Searching for punctuation is problematic...
  
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  2 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  

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8

You should not remove that file. In general, don't remove random files that you have not created yourself.

It's the executable file for the [ utility. This utility is exactly the same as test but requires that the last operand is ].

See man [ and man test.

Example of use:

[ -n "hello" ] && echo '"hello" is a non-empty string'

You would also be able to use

/bin/[.exe -n "hello" ] && echo 'That works too'

(though I don't have access to Cygwin to try it, so I don't know if you need to specify the .exe suffix on the command or not)

Note that /bin/[.exe is the executable file for the external [ utility. This utility is very often also available as a built-in utility in your shell. If your shell is bash, then man bash (and help [) would document it.

Related:

• How exactly does "/bin/[" work?

share|improve this answer

edited 5 hours ago

answered 5 hours ago

Kusalananda♦Kusalananda

139k17259430

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  This is ironically enough, hilarious. I did not know that was a legitimate executable. I thought it as a potential security risk through a regex related attack. Thank you very much for this information, it was thoroughly explained well,... formerly not, (now should be for others), provided through google/forum indexing.
  
  – Joe
  3 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Searching for punctuation is problematic...
  
  – stolenmoment
  2 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

8

You should not remove that file. In general, don't remove random files that you have not created yourself.

It's the executable file for the [ utility. This utility is exactly the same as test but requires that the last operand is ].

See man [ and man test.

Example of use:

[ -n "hello" ] && echo '"hello" is a non-empty string'

You would also be able to use

/bin/[.exe -n "hello" ] && echo 'That works too'

(though I don't have access to Cygwin to try it, so I don't know if you need to specify the .exe suffix on the command or not)

Note that /bin/[.exe is the executable file for the external [ utility. This utility is very often also available as a built-in utility in your shell. If your shell is bash, then man bash (and help [) would document it.

Related:

• How exactly does "/bin/[" work?

share|improve this answer

edited 5 hours ago

answered 5 hours ago

Kusalananda♦Kusalananda

139k17259430

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  This is ironically enough, hilarious. I did not know that was a legitimate executable. I thought it as a potential security risk through a regex related attack. Thank you very much for this information, it was thoroughly explained well,... formerly not, (now should be for others), provided through google/forum indexing.
  
  – Joe
  3 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Searching for punctuation is problematic...
  
  – stolenmoment
  2 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

You should not remove that file. In general, don't remove random files that you have not created yourself.

It's the executable file for the [ utility. This utility is exactly the same as test but requires that the last operand is ].

See man [ and man test.

Example of use:

[ -n "hello" ] && echo '"hello" is a non-empty string'

You would also be able to use

/bin/[.exe -n "hello" ] && echo 'That works too'

(though I don't have access to Cygwin to try it, so I don't know if you need to specify the .exe suffix on the command or not)

Note that /bin/[.exe is the executable file for the external [ utility. This utility is very often also available as a built-in utility in your shell. If your shell is bash, then man bash (and help [) would document it.

Related:

• How exactly does "/bin/[" work?

share|improve this answer

edited 5 hours ago

answered 5 hours ago

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[ -n "hello" ] && echo '"hello" is a non-empty string'

/bin/[.exe -n "hello" ] && echo 'That works too'

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edited 5 hours ago

answered 5 hours ago

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139k17259430

answered 5 hours ago

Kusalananda♦Kusalananda

139k17259430

answered 5 hours ago

Kusalananda♦Kusalananda

139k17259430