strange filename/file in my /usr/bin directory

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strange filename/file in my /usr/bin directory

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06-04-2006, 07:49 PM	#1
M$ISBS Member Registered: Aug 2003 Posts: 834 Rep:	strange filename/file in my /usr/bin directory I was looking around and found a filename of [ in my /usr/bin, Its an executable. Thats all the name is [ Anyone know what that could be? should I be concerned about this file?

06-04-2006, 07:55 PM	#2
cs-cam Senior Member Contributing Member Registered: May 2004 Location: Australia Distribution: Gentoo Posts: 3,545 Rep:	It should be a symlink to test and it's perfectly fine

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