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(File Attributes): UID and GID can be floats. (Magic File Names): Explain why deferring all operations to the standard handler does not work.

#!/bin/sh
if
test -r $2
then
if
cmp $1 $2 > /dev/null
then
echo $2 is unchanged
rm -f $1
else
mv -f $1 $2
fi
else
mv -f $1 $2
fi