in reply to Re: owner of a file
in thread owner of a file

-O is a file test operator -- it will return either a 1 or "" (or undefined if the file doesn't exist), not the actual UID.

Update:
/me is far too hasty. tommyw is right, this does suit the original question.

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Re: Re: Re: owner of a file
by tommyw (Hermit) on Aug 15, 2002 at 15:19 UTC

    What? You mean like the original question asked?

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