Hey folks,

        I'm hacking on a sh script, and my brain is being
held together via duct tape, bailing wire, and spit. It's
been a long day beating several IRIX and HP-UX boxes into
submission, please forgive my stupidity. And no, I don't
have a choice [in reguards to the IRIX and HP-UX stuff].

        I'm simply trying to check for the presence of an
OpenBSD package - if it's installed, I need to skip the
download/installation of that package.

I tried:

if [ -e `which wget` ]; then
        echo "wget already installed - skipping"
fi

... which works fine, IF the package is installed. If it
is not, it fails with (I'm just trying via commandline -
I thought that if the package is NOT installed, it would
simply output nothing):

[: too many arguments

        What is the flaw in my logic?

        Now is the perfect time to tell me how much of
an idiot I am. Any references to "common stupid mistakes with
shell scripts" URL's would be welcome, too.

Thanks, folks. :)

Benny, The Frustrated and Overtired

ps: OpenBSD 2.8, default install

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Windows has detected that a gnat has farted near your computer.
Press any key to reboot.

                        -- Simon Oke, on a.s.r

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