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diff --git a/static/unix-v10/man1/test.1 b/static/unix-v10/man1/test.1 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..e1b48d4a --- /dev/null +++ b/static/unix-v10/man1/test.1 @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +.TH TEST 1 +.CT 1 shell +.SH NAME +test, [, newer \- condition commands +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B test +.I expr +.PP +\fB[\fR +.I expr +\fB]\fR +.PP +.B newer +.I file1 file2 +.SH DESCRIPTION +.I Test +evaluates the expression +.IR expr . +If the value is true the exit status is 0; otherwise the +exit status is nonzero. +If there are no arguments the exit status is nonzero. +.PP +The following primitives are used to construct +.IR expr . +.TP \w'\fL-t\fI\ fildes\ 'u +.BI -r " file" +True if the file exists (is accessible) and is readable. +.PD0 +.TP +.BI -w " file" +True if the file exists and is writable. +.TP +.BI -x " file" +True if the file exists and has execute permission. +.TP +.BI -e " file +True if the file exists. +.TP +.BI -f " file" +True if the file exists and is a plain file. +.TP +.BI -d " file" +True if the file exists and is a directory. +.TP +.BI -c " file" +True if the file exists and is a character special file. +.TP +.BI -b " file" +True if the file exists and is a block special file. +.TP +.BI -L " file" +True if the file is a symbolic link. +.TP +.BI -u " file" +True if the file exists and has set userid permission. +.TP +.BI -g " file" +True if the file exists and has set groupid permission. +.TP +.BI -s " file" +True if the file exists and has a size greater than zero. +.TP +.BI -t " fildes +True if the open file whose file descriptor number is +.I fildes +(1 by default) +is associated with a terminal device. +.TP +.B -S +True if the effective userid is zero. +.TP +.IB s1 " = " s2 +True +if the strings +.I s1 +and +.I s2 +are identical. +.TP +.IB s1 " != " s2 +True +if the strings +.I s1 +and +.I s2 +are not identical. +.TP +s1 +True if +.I s1 +is not the null string. +(Deprecated.) +.TP +.BI -z " s1" +True if the length of string +.I s1 +is zero. +.TP +.IB n1 " -eq " n2 +True if the integers +.I n1 +and +.I n2 +are arithmetically equal. +Any of the comparisons +.BR -ne , +.BR -gt , +.BR -ge , +.BR -lt , +or +.BR -le +may be used in place of +.BR -eq . +The (nonstandard) construct +.BI -l " string, +meaning the length of +.I string, +may be used in place of an integer. +.PD +.PP +These primaries may be combined with the +following operators: +.TP +.B ! +unary negation operator +.PD0 +.TP +.B -o +binary +.I or +operator +.TP +.B -a +binary +.I and +operator; higher precedence than +.BR -o +.TP +.BI "( " expr " )" +parentheses for grouping. +.PD +.PP +Notice that all the operators and flags are separate +arguments to +.IR test . +Notice also that parentheses are meaningful +to the Shell and must be escaped. +.PP +.B [ +is a synonym for +.I test, +except that +.B [ +requires a closing +.BR ] . +.PP +.I Newer +returns a zero exit code if +.I file1 +exists and +.I file2 +does not, or if +.I file1 +and +.I file2 +both exist and +.I file1 +was modified at least as recently +as +.IR file2 . +It returns a non-zero return code otherwise. +.SH EXAMPLES +.I Test +is a dubious way to check for specific character strings: +it uses a process to do what a shell case statement can do. +The first example is not only inefficient but wrong, because +.I test +understands the purported string +.B \&"-c" +as an option. +Furthermore +.B $1 +might be empty. +.IP +.EX +if test $1 = "-c" # wrong! +then echo OK +fi +.EE +.LP +A correct way is +.IP +.EX +case "$1" in +-c) echo OK +esac +.EE +.PP +Test whether +.L abc +is in the current directory. +.IP +.B test -e abc -o -L abc +.SH "SEE ALSO" +.IR sh (1), +.IR find (1) |