NAME

       test - Check file types and compare values.

SYNOPSIS

       test [-h|--help] [-V|--version]

DESCRIPTION

       Check file types and compare values.

OPTIONS

       -h, --help
              Print help

       -V, --version
              Print version

EXTRA

       Exit with the status determined by EXPRESSION.

       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

       String  operations:  -  -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

       Integer  comparisons:  -  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

       File operations: - 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) - -N FILE FILE exists and has been modified since it
       was  last read - -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  (follow)  symbolic  links.  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.

       NOTE:  Binary  -a  and  -o  are inherently ambiguous.  Use test EXPR1 && test EXPR2 or test EXPR1 || test
       EXPR2 instead.  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 usually supersedes the version described here.  Please refer to your shell's  documentation  for
       details about the options it supports.

VERSION

       v(uutils coreutils) 0.1.0

                                          test (uutils coreutils) 0.1.0                                  test(1)