Timeline for Why are there so many shell scripts using "x$var" = "xabc" instead of "$var" = "abc"? [duplicate]

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Oct 21 at 8:07	comment	added	Stéphane Chazelas		I've removed that other Q&A from the list of duplicates as the accepted answer was incorrect there.
Oct 21 at 8:06	history	duplicates list edited	Stéphane Chazelas		duplicates list edited from bash script [ x$1 = x ] [duplicate], What's the purpose of adding a prefix on both sides of a shell variable comparison to a string literal? to What's the purpose of adding a prefix on both sides of a shell variable comparison to a string literal?
Oct 21 at 7:57	history	closed	muru Stéphane Chazelas shell		Duplicate of bash script [ x$1 = x ] [duplicate], What's the purpose of adding a prefix on both sides of a shell variable comparison to a string literal?
Oct 21 at 7:38	comment	added	muru		Also: unix.stackexchange.com/questions/490393/…
Oct 21 at 7:31	answer	added	ilkkachu		timeline score: 3
Oct 21 at 5:18	history	became hot network question
Oct 20 at 22:23	answer	added	waltinator		timeline score: 1
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S Oct 20 at 21:16	history	asked	Rainer Glaschick	CC BY-SA 4.0