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TEST(1)                          User Commands                         TEST(1)

NAME
       test - check file types and compare values
SYNOPSIS
       test EXPRESSION
       test
       [ EXPRESSION ]
       [ ]
       [ OPTION
DESCRIPTION
       Exit with the status determined by EXPRESSION.
       --help display this help and exit
       --version
              output version information and exit
       An omitted EXPRESSION defaults to false.  Otherwise, 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
       STRING equivalent to -n STRING
       -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
       -G FILE
              FILE exists and is owned by the effective group ID
       -h FILE
              FILE exists and is a symbolic link (same as -L)
       -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 read permission is granted
       -s FILE
              FILE exists and has a size greater than zero
       -S FILE
              FILE exists and is a socket
       -t FD  file descriptor FD is opened on a terminal
       -u FILE
              FILE exists and its set-user-ID bit is set
       -w FILE
              FILE exists and write permission is granted
       -x FILE
              FILE exists and execute (or search) permission is granted
       Except for -h and  -L,  all  FILE-related  tests  dereference  symbolic
       links.   Beware  that  parentheses  need  to be escaped (e.g., by back-
       slashes) for shells.  INTEGER may also be -l STRING, which evaluates to
       the length of STRING.
       NOTE:  [  honors  the  --help and --version options, but test does not.
       test treats each of those as it treats any other nonempty STRING.
       NOTE: your shell may have its own version of test and/or [, which  usu-
       ally  supersedes  the  version  described  here.   Please refer to your
       shell's documentation for details about the options it supports.
       GNU  coreutils  online  help:  <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>;
       Report test translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>;
AUTHOR
       Written by Kevin Braunsdorf and Matthew Bradburn.
COPYRIGHT
       Copyright  (C) 2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.  License GPLv3+: GNU
       GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>;.
       This is free software: you are free  to  change  and  redistribute  it.
       There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
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 coreutils 'test invocation'
       should give you access to the complete manual.

GNU coreutils 8.22               November 2020                         TEST(1)