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TEST(1)                     General Commands Manual                    TEST(1)



NAME
       test -  condition command

SYNOPSIS
       test expr

DESCRIPTION
       test  evaluates  the expression expr, and if its value is true then re‐
       turns zero exit status; otherwise, a non zero exit status is  returned.
       test returns a non zero exit if there are no arguments.

       The following primitives are used to construct expr.

       -r file  true if the file exists and is readable.

       -w file  true if the file exists and is writable.

       -f file  true if the file exists and is not a directory.

       -d file  true if the file exists and is a directory.

       -s file  true if the file exists and has a size greater than zero.

       -t [ fildes ]
                true  if  the open file whose file descriptor number is fildes
                (1 by default) is associated with a terminal device.

       -z s1    true if the length of string s1 is zero.

       -n s1    true if the length of the string s1 is nonzero.

       s1 = s2  true if the strings s1 and s2 are equal.

       s1 != s2 true if the strings s1 and s2 are not equal.

       s1       true if s1 is not the null string.

       n1 -eq n2
                true if the integers n1 and n2 are algebraically  equal.   Any
                of  the  comparisons -ne, -gt, -ge, -lt, or -le may be used in
                place of -eq.

       These primaries may be combined with the following operators:

       !      unary negation operator

       -a     binary and operator

       -o     binary or operator

       ( expr )
              parentheses for grouping.

       -a has higher precedence than -o.  Notice that all  the  operators  and
       flags are separate arguments to test.  Notice also that parentheses are
       meaningful to the Shell and must be escaped.

SEE ALSO
       sh(1), find(1)



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