09-13-2012
bash man page:
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CONDITIONAL EXPRESSIONS
Conditional expressions are used by the [[ compound command and the test and [ builtin commands to test file attributes and perform string and arithmetic comparisons.
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string1 > string2
True if string1 sorts after string2 lexicographically.
arg1 OP arg2
OP is one of -eq, -ne, -lt, -le, -gt, or -ge. These arithmetic binary operators return true if arg1 is equal to, not equal to, less than, less than or equal to, greater than, or greater than or equal to arg2, respectively. Arg1 and arg2 may be positive or negative integers.
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test
TEST(1) BSD General Commands Manual TEST(1)
NAME
test, [ -- condition evaluation utility
SYNOPSIS
test expression
[ expression ]
DESCRIPTION
The test utility evaluates the expression and, if it evaluates to true, returns a zero (true) exit status; otherwise it returns 1 (false).
If there is no expression, test also returns 1 (false).
All operators and flags are separate arguments to the test utility.
The following primaries are used to construct expression:
-b file True if file exists and is a block special file.
-c file True if file exists and is a character special file.
-d file True if file exists and is a directory.
-e file True if file exists (regardless of type).
-f file True if file exists and is a regular file.
-g file True if file exists and its set group ID flag is set.
-h file True if file exists and is a symbolic link. This operator is retained for compatibility with previous versions of this pro-
gram. Do not rely on its existence; use -L instead.
-k file True if file exists and its sticky bit is set.
-n string True if the length of string is nonzero.
-p file True if file is a named pipe (FIFO).
-r file True if file exists and is readable.
-s file True if file exists and has a size greater than zero.
-t file_descriptor
True if the file whose file descriptor number is file_descriptor is open and is associated with a terminal.
-u file True if file exists and its set user ID flag is set.
-w file True if file exists and is writable. True indicates only that the write flag is on. The file is not writable on a read-only
file system even if this test indicates true.
-x file True if file exists and is executable. True indicates only that the execute flag is on. If file is a directory, true indi-
cates that file can be searched.
-z string True if the length of string is zero.
-L file True if file exists and is a symbolic link.
-O file True if file exists and its owner matches the effective user id of this process.
-G file True if file exists and its group matches the effective group id of this process.
-S file True if file exists and is a socket.
file1 -nt file2
True if file1 exists and is newer than file2.
file1 -ot file2
True if file1 exists and is older than file2.
file1 -ef file2
True if file1 and file2 exist and refer to the same file.
string True if string is not the null string.
s1 = s2 True if the strings s1 and s2 are identical.
s1 != s2 True if the strings s1 and s2 are not identical.
s1 < s2 True if string s1 comes before s2 based on the ASCII value of their characters.
s1 > s2 True if string s1 comes after s2 based on the ASCII value of their characters.
s1 True if s1 is not the null string.
n1 -eq n2 True if the integers n1 and n2 are algebraically equal.
n1 -ne n2 True if the integers n1 and n2 are not algebraically equal.
n1 -gt n2 True if the integer n1 is algebraically greater than the integer n2.
n1 -ge n2 True if the integer n1 is algebraically greater than or equal to the integer n2.
n1 -lt n2 True if the integer n1 is algebraically less than the integer n2.
n1 -le n2 True if the integer n1 is algebraically less than or equal to the integer n2.
These primaries can be combined with the following operators:
! expression True if expression is false.
expression1 -a expression2
True if both expression1 and expression2 are true.
expression1 -o expression2
True if either expression1 or expression2 are true.
(expression) True if expression is true.
The -a operator has higher precedence than the -o operator.
Some shells may provide a builtin test command which is similar or identical to this utility. Consult the builtin(1) manual page.
GRAMMAR AMBIGUITY
The test grammar is inherently ambiguous. In order to assure a degree of consistency, the cases described in the IEEE Std 1003.2
(``POSIX.2''), section D11.2/4.62.4, standard are evaluated consistently according to the rules specified in the standards document. All
other cases are subject to the ambiguity in the command semantics.
RETURN VALUES
The test utility exits with one of the following values:
0 expression evaluated to true.
1 expression evaluated to false or expression was missing.
>1 An error occurred.
SEE ALSO
builtin(1), expr(1), sh(1)
STANDARDS
The test utility implements a superset of the IEEE Std 1003.2 (``POSIX.2'') specification.
BSD
May 31, 1993 BSD