What is the purpose of "/usr/bin/[" file?

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Issue

  • What is the purpose of /usr/bin/[ file?
# file /usr/bin/\[
/usr/bin/[: ELF 32-bit LSB executable, Intel 80386, version 1 (SYSV), dynamically linked (uses shared libs), for GNU/Linux 2.6.18, stripped

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6
  • coreutils

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