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diff --git a/man/test.1 b/man/test.1 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ff930d6 --- /dev/null +++ b/man/test.1 @@ -0,0 +1,176 @@ +.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE! It was generated by help2man 1.47.3. +.TH TEST "1" "March 2020" "GNU coreutils 8.32" "User Commands" +.SH NAME +test \- check file types and compare values +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B test +.I EXPRESSION +.br +.B test +.br +.\" \& tells doclifter the brackets are literal (Bug#31803). +.B [\& +.I EXPRESSION +.B ]\& +.br +.B "[\& ]\&" +.br +.B [\& +.I OPTION +.SH DESCRIPTION +.\" Add any additional description here +.PP +Exit with the status determined by EXPRESSION. +.TP +\fB\-\-help\fR +display this help and exit +.TP +\fB\-\-version\fR +output version information and exit +.PP +An omitted EXPRESSION defaults to false. Otherwise, +EXPRESSION is true or false and sets exit status. It is one of: +.TP +( EXPRESSION ) +EXPRESSION is true +.TP +! EXPRESSION +EXPRESSION is false +.TP +EXPRESSION1 \fB\-a\fR EXPRESSION2 +both EXPRESSION1 and EXPRESSION2 are true +.TP +EXPRESSION1 \fB\-o\fR EXPRESSION2 +either EXPRESSION1 or EXPRESSION2 is true +.TP +\fB\-n\fR STRING +the length of STRING is nonzero +.TP +STRING +equivalent to \fB\-n\fR STRING +.TP +\fB\-z\fR STRING +the length of STRING is zero +.TP +STRING1 = STRING2 +the strings are equal +.TP +STRING1 != STRING2 +the strings are not equal +.TP +INTEGER1 \fB\-eq\fR INTEGER2 +INTEGER1 is equal to INTEGER2 +.TP +INTEGER1 \fB\-ge\fR INTEGER2 +INTEGER1 is greater than or equal to INTEGER2 +.TP +INTEGER1 \fB\-gt\fR INTEGER2 +INTEGER1 is greater than INTEGER2 +.TP +INTEGER1 \fB\-le\fR INTEGER2 +INTEGER1 is less than or equal to INTEGER2 +.TP +INTEGER1 \fB\-lt\fR INTEGER2 +INTEGER1 is less than INTEGER2 +.TP +INTEGER1 \fB\-ne\fR INTEGER2 +INTEGER1 is not equal to INTEGER2 +.TP +FILE1 \fB\-ef\fR FILE2 +FILE1 and FILE2 have the same device and inode numbers +.TP +FILE1 \fB\-nt\fR FILE2 +FILE1 is newer (modification date) than FILE2 +.TP +FILE1 \fB\-ot\fR FILE2 +FILE1 is older than FILE2 +.TP +\fB\-b\fR FILE +FILE exists and is block special +.TP +\fB\-c\fR FILE +FILE exists and is character special +.TP +\fB\-d\fR FILE +FILE exists and is a directory +.TP +\fB\-e\fR FILE +FILE exists +.TP +\fB\-f\fR FILE +FILE exists and is a regular file +.TP +\fB\-g\fR FILE +FILE exists and is set\-group\-ID +.TP +\fB\-G\fR FILE +FILE exists and is owned by the effective group ID +.TP +\fB\-h\fR FILE +FILE exists and is a symbolic link (same as \fB\-L\fR) +.TP +\fB\-k\fR FILE +FILE exists and has its sticky bit set +.TP +\fB\-L\fR FILE +FILE exists and is a symbolic link (same as \fB\-h\fR) +.TP +\fB\-N\fR FILE +FILE exists and has been modified since it was last read +.TP +\fB\-O\fR FILE +FILE exists and is owned by the effective user ID +.TP +\fB\-p\fR FILE +FILE exists and is a named pipe +.TP +\fB\-r\fR FILE +FILE exists and read permission is granted +.TP +\fB\-s\fR FILE +FILE exists and has a size greater than zero +.TP +\fB\-S\fR FILE +FILE exists and is a socket +.TP +\fB\-t\fR FD +file descriptor FD is opened on a terminal +.TP +\fB\-u\fR FILE +FILE exists and its set\-user\-ID bit is set +.TP +\fB\-w\fR FILE +FILE exists and write permission is granted +.TP +\fB\-x\fR FILE +FILE exists and execute (or search) permission is granted +.PP +Except for \fB\-h\fR and \fB\-L\fR, all FILE\-related tests dereference symbolic links. +Beware that parentheses need to be escaped (e.g., by backslashes) for shells. +INTEGER may also be \fB\-l\fR STRING, which evaluates to the length of STRING. +.PP +NOTE: Binary \fB\-a\fR and \fB\-o\fR are inherently ambiguous. Use 'test EXPR1 && test +EXPR2' or 'test EXPR1 || test EXPR2' instead. +.PP +NOTE: [ honors the \fB\-\-help\fR and \fB\-\-version\fR options, but test does not. +test treats each of those as it treats any other nonempty STRING. +.PP +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. +.SH AUTHOR +Written by Kevin Braunsdorf and Matthew Bradburn. +.SH "REPORTING BUGS" +GNU coreutils online help: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/> +.br +Report any translation bugs to <https://translationproject.org/team/> +.SH COPYRIGHT +Copyright \(co 2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc. +License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>. +.br +This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. +There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. +.SH "SEE ALSO" +Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/[> +.br +or available locally via: info \(aq(coreutils) test invocation\(aq |