From: Rasmus Villemoes <ravi@prevas.dk>
To: u-boot@lists.denx.de
Cc: Tom Rini <trini@konsulko.com>,
Quentin Schulz <quentin.schulz@cherry.de>,
Rasmus Villemoes <ravi@prevas.dk>
Subject: [PATCH v2 2/4] doc: test: document [ ] spelling of test
Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2026 11:01:04 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260312100106.702368-3-ravi@prevas.dk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260312100106.702368-1-ravi@prevas.dk>
Signed-off-by: Rasmus Villemoes <ravi@prevas.dk>
---
doc/usage/cmd/test.rst | 5 ++++-
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/doc/usage/cmd/test.rst b/doc/usage/cmd/test.rst
index d1379117fca..037a9ee1774 100644
--- a/doc/usage/cmd/test.rst
+++ b/doc/usage/cmd/test.rst
@@ -20,11 +20,14 @@ Synopsis
test -e <interface> <dev[:part]> <path>
test <s> =~ <re>
+ [ <test expression> ]
+
Description
-----------
The ``test`` command is similar to the ordinary shell built-in by the
-same name. Unlike in ordinary shells, it cannot be spelled ``[``.
+same name. Like in ordinary shells, it can also be spelled ``[``,
+provided the test expression is followed by a separate ``]`` argument.
Strings
~~~~~~~
--
2.53.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-03-12 10:01 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-03-12 10:01 [PATCH v2 0/4] add [ as alias for test, fix 0/1 argument handling Rasmus Villemoes
2026-03-12 10:01 ` [PATCH v2 1/4] cmd: test: allow using [ as alias for test Rasmus Villemoes
2026-03-12 10:01 ` Rasmus Villemoes [this message]
2026-03-12 10:01 ` [PATCH v2 3/4] test: add tests for left-bracket alias for 'test' command Rasmus Villemoes
2026-03-12 10:01 ` [PATCH v2 4/4] cmd: test: fix handling of single-argument form of test Rasmus Villemoes
2026-03-13 6:24 ` [PATCH v2 0/4] add [ as alias for test, fix 0/1 argument handling Anshul Dalal
2026-03-25 23:05 ` Tom Rini
2026-03-27 15:48 ` Franz Schnyder
2026-03-27 19:38 ` Rasmus Villemoes
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