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Expressions Examples

| Expression | Is True If: |

| --- | --- |
| file1 -ef file2 | file1 and file2 have the same inode numbers (the two filenames refer to the same file by hard linking). |
| file1 -nt file2 | file1 is newer than file2. |
| file1 -ot file2 | file1 is older than file2. |
| -b file | file exists and is a block-special (device) file. |
| -c file | file exists and is a character-special (device) file. |
| -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. |
| -k file | file exists and has its sticky bit set. |
| -L file | file exists and is a symbolic link. |
| -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 is readable (has readable permission for the effective user). |
| -s file | file exists and has a length greater than zero. |
| -S file | file exists and is a network socket. |
| -t fd | fd is a file descriptor directed to/from the terminal. This can be used to determine whether standard input/output/error is being redirected. |
| -u file | file exists and is setuid. |
| -w file | file exists and is writable (has write permission for the effective user). |
| -x file | file exists and is executable (has execute/search permission for the effective user). |

| Expression | Is True If… |

| --- | --- |
| string | string is not null. |
| -n string | The length of string is greater than zero. |
| -z string | The length of string is zero. |
| `string1 = string2` `string1 == string2` | string1 and string2 are equal. Single or double equal signs may be used. The use of double equal signs is supported by bash and is generally preferred, but it is not POSIX compliant. |
| string1 != string2 | string1 and string2 are not equal. |
| string1 > string2 | string1 sorts after string2. |
| string1 < string2 | string1 sorts before string2. |
Expression Is True If…
integer1 -eq integer2 integer1 is equal to integer2.
integer1 -ne integer2 integer1 is not equal to integer2.
integer1 -le integer2 integer1 is less than or equal to integer2.
integer1 is less than or equal to integer2. integer1 is less than integer2.
integer1 -ge integer2 integer1 is greater than or equal to integer2.
integer1 -gt integer2 integer1 is greater than integer2.
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