`test` is a unix command to check file types and compare values.
test is a unix command to check file types and compare values.
Its information can be found by checking man test.
Questions tagged [test-command]
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Bash: test (builtin) with several arguments: how are they parsed?
I have not used this particular construct for the bash builtin test / [ commands, but I ran into it today and I'm confused. It looks like this:
[ -n "${FOO}" -a -r ${FOO}/bar ] && echo OK
I know what each switch does individually, but I am not sure…
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Passing pipe output to Test command
I'm confused with test command syntax. My goal is to check if file exists, but file path formed by sed command.
So, I try, for example:
echo '~/test111' | sed s/111/222/g | test -f && echo "found" || echo "not found"
But that command always returns…
user3414386
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see if a directory/file exists with spaces in the name
I want ot check if a path is a file or a directory. I know the path exists. The code below works as long as no spaces are in the path. How to make this work for names with spaces? I currently have a file with a name in it and cannot check if it…
Rafael Urena
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How to use uboot test command 'or' -o option
From the output below it appears that the command does not work with integers, or the true and false commands, so what is the intended use of test -o (or) command?
=> version
U-Boot 2017.01 (Apr 01 2021 - 00:00:00 +0000)
arm-poky-linux-gnueabi-gcc…
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Behaviour of "-s" option with "test" command in bash script
The code is:
src=/home/Desktop/src
dest=/home/Desktop/dest
if test -s $src/$InputFile ; then
echo "File is present. :$InputFile"
else
echo "File is not present"
fi
In the above code if I declare variable "InputFile" as InputFile=a.txt then…
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