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Will T

In the last year or so I read an article thoroughly investigating whether the idiom

[ x$foo = x ]

is still needed in modern-day /bin/sh, concluding that it is not if you quote the variable. But it's surprisingly hard to search for. Does anyone happen to have a link lying around?

Edit: found it! vidarholen.net/contents/blog/?

www.vidarholen.netWhat exactly was the point of [ “x$var” = “xval” ]? – Vidar's Blog