TEST(1) TEST(1) (NAME) test - (SYNOPSIS) test test [ ] [ ] [ (DESCRIPTION) . --help --version (false) . . : ( EXPRESSION ) EXPRESSION ! EXPRESSION EXPRESSION EXPRESSION1 -a EXPRESSION2 EXPRESSION1 EXPRESSION2 EXPRESSION1 -o EXPRESSION2 EXPRESSION1 EXPRESSION2 -n STRING STRING STRING -n STRING -z STRING STRING STRING1 = STRING2 STRING1 != STRING2 INTEGER1 -eq INTEGER2 INTEGER1 INTEGER2 INTEGER1 -ge INTEGER2 INTEGER1 INTEGER2 INTEGER1 -gt INTEGER2 INTEGER1 INTEGER2 INTEGER1 -le INTEGER2 INTEGER1 INTEGER2 INTEGER1 -lt INTEGER2 INTEGER1 INTEGER2 INTEGER1 -ne INTEGER2 INTEGER1 INTEGER2 FILE1 -ef FILE2 FILE1 FILE2 (inode) FILE1 -nt FILE2 FILE1 ( ) FILE2 FILE1 -ot FILE2 FILE1 FILE2 -b FILE FILE -c FILE FILE -d FILE FILE -e FILE FILE -f FILE FILE -g FILE FILE set-group-ID -G FILE FILE -h FILE FILE ( -L) -k FILE FILE (sticky bit) -L FILE FILE ( -h) -N FILE FILE -O FILE FILE -p FILE FILE (named pipe) -r FILE FILE -s FILE FILE -S FILE FILE -t FD FD -u FILE FILE set-user-ID -w FILE FILE -x FILE FILE ( ) -h -L FILE (dereference). ( ). INTEGER -l STRING STRING . : -a -o . 'test EXPR1 && test EXPR2' 'test EXPR1 || test EXPR2' . : [ --help --version test . test . : test / [ . . (AUTHOR) Kevin Braunsdorf Matthew Bradburn. (REPORTING BUGS) GNU coreutils: : (COPYRIGHT) (C) 2022 Free Software Foundation, Inc. GPLv3+: GPL . : . . (SEE ALSO) access(2) : info '(coreutils) test invocation' GNU coreutils 9.1 TEST(1)