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NAME
test - check file types and compare values
SYNOPSIS
test
EXPRESSION
[
EXPRESSION ]
test
OPTION
DESCRIPTION
Exit with the status determined by EXPRESSION.
- --help
-
display this help and exit
- --version
-
output version information and exit
EXPRESSION is true or false and sets exit status. It is one of:
- ( EXPRESSION )
-
EXPRESSION is true
- ! EXPRESSION
-
EXPRESSION is false
- EXPRESSION1 -a EXPRESSION2
-
both EXPRESSION1 and EXPRESSION2 are true
- EXPRESSION1 -o EXPRESSION2
-
either EXPRESSION1 or EXPRESSION2 is true
- [-n] STRING
-
the length of STRING is nonzero
- -z STRING
-
the length of STRING is zero
- STRING1 = STRING2
-
the strings are equal
- STRING1 != STRING2
-
the strings are not equal
- INTEGER1 -eq INTEGER2
-
INTEGER1 is equal to INTEGER2
- INTEGER1 -ge INTEGER2
-
INTEGER1 is greater than or equal to INTEGER2
- INTEGER1 -gt INTEGER2
-
INTEGER1 is greater than INTEGER2
- INTEGER1 -le INTEGER2
-
INTEGER1 is less than or equal to INTEGER2
- INTEGER1 -lt INTEGER2
-
INTEGER1 is less than INTEGER2
- INTEGER1 -ne INTEGER2
-
INTEGER1 is not equal to INTEGER2
- FILE1 -ef FILE2
-
FILE1 and FILE2 have the same device and inode numbers
- FILE1 -nt FILE2
-
FILE1 is newer (modification date) than FILE2
- FILE1 -ot FILE2
-
FILE1 is older than FILE2
- -b FILE
-
FILE exists and is block special
- -c FILE
-
FILE exists and is character special
- -d FILE
-
FILE exists and is a directory
- -e FILE
-
FILE exists
- -f FILE
-
FILE exists and is a regular file
- -g FILE
-
FILE exists and is set-group-ID
- -h FILE
-
FILE exists and is a symbolic link (same as -L)
- -G FILE
-
FILE exists and is owned by the effective group ID
- -k FILE
-
FILE exists and has its sticky bit set
- -L FILE
-
FILE exists and is a symbolic link (same as -h)
- -O FILE
-
FILE exists and is owned by the effective user ID
- -p FILE
-
FILE exists and is a named pipe
- -r FILE
-
FILE exists and is readable
- -s FILE
-
FILE exists and has a size greater than zero
- -S FILE
-
FILE exists and is a socket
- -t [FD]
-
file descriptor FD (stdout by default) is opened on a terminal
- -u FILE
-
FILE exists and its set-user-ID bit is set
- -w FILE
-
FILE exists and is writable
- -x FILE
-
FILE exists and is executable
Beware that parentheses need to be escaped (e.g., by backslashes) for shells.
INTEGER may also be -l STRING, which evaluates to the length of STRING.
AUTHOR
Written by FIXME: ksb and mjb.
REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to <bug-sh-utils@gnu.org>.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
SEE ALSO
The full documentation for
test
is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the
info
and
test
programs are properly installed at your site, the command
-
info test
should give you access to the complete manual.
Index
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- SYNOPSIS
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- DESCRIPTION
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- AUTHOR
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- REPORTING BUGS
-
- COPYRIGHT
-
- SEE ALSO
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