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diff --git a/bin/cash/test.1 b/bin/cash/test.1 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..ceda27ed --- /dev/null +++ b/bin/cash/test.1 @@ -0,0 +1,395 @@ +.\"- +.\" Copyright (c) 1991, 1993 +.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by +.\" the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 3. 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IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" @(#)test.1 8.1 (Berkeley) 5/31/93 +.\" $FreeBSD: releng/12.0/bin/test/test.1 314436 2017-02-28 23:42:47Z imp $ +.\" +.Dd October 5, 2016 +.Dt TEST 1 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm test , +.Nm \&[ +.Nd condition evaluation utility +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Nm +.Ar expression +.Nm \&[ +.Ar expression Cm \&] +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Nm +utility evaluates the expression and, if it evaluates +to true, returns a zero (true) exit status; otherwise +it returns 1 (false). +If there is no expression, +.Nm +also +returns 1 (false). +.Pp +All operators and flags are separate arguments to the +.Nm +utility. +.Pp +The following primaries are used to construct expression: +.Bl -tag -width Ar +.It Fl b Ar file +True if +.Ar file +exists and is a block special +file. +.It Fl c Ar file +True if +.Ar file +exists and is a character +special file. +.It Fl d Ar file +True if +.Ar file +exists and is a directory. +.It Fl e Ar file +True if +.Ar file +exists (regardless of type). +.It Fl f Ar file +True if +.Ar file +exists and is a regular file. +.It Fl g Ar file +True if +.Ar file +exists and its set group ID flag +is set. +.It Fl h Ar file +True if +.Ar file +exists and is a symbolic link. +This operator is retained for compatibility with previous versions of +this program. +Do not rely on its existence; use +.Fl L +instead. +.It Fl k Ar file +True if +.Ar file +exists and its sticky bit is set. +.It Fl n Ar string +True if the length of +.Ar string +is nonzero. +.It Fl p Ar file +True if +.Ar file +is a named pipe +.Pq Tn FIFO . +.It Fl r Ar file +True if +.Ar file +exists and is readable. +.It Fl s Ar file +True if +.Ar file +exists and has a size greater +than zero. +.It Fl t Ar file_descriptor +True if the file whose file descriptor number +is +.Ar file_descriptor +is open and is associated with a terminal. +.It Fl u Ar file +True if +.Ar file +exists and its set user ID flag +is set. +.It Fl w Ar file +True if +.Ar file +exists and is writable. +True +indicates only that the write flag is on. +The file is not writable on a read-only file +system even if this test indicates true. +.It Fl x Ar file +True if +.Ar file +exists and is executable. +True +indicates only that the execute flag is on. +If +.Ar file +is a directory, true indicates that +.Ar file +can be searched. +.It Fl z Ar string +True if the length of +.Ar string +is zero. +.It Fl L Ar file +True if +.Ar file +exists and is a symbolic link. +.It Fl O Ar file +True if +.Ar file +exists and its owner matches the effective user id of this process. +.It Fl G Ar file +True if +.Ar file +exists and its group matches the effective group id of this process. +.It Fl S Ar file +True if +.Ar file +exists and is a socket. +.It Ar file1 Fl nt Ar file2 +True if +.Ar file1 +exists and is newer than +.Ar file2 . +.It Ar file1 Fl ot Ar file2 +True if +.Ar file1 +exists and is older than +.Ar file2 . +.It Ar file1 Fl ef Ar file2 +True if +.Ar file1 +and +.Ar file2 +exist and refer to the same file. +.It Ar string +True if +.Ar string +is not the null +string. +.It Ar s1 Cm = Ar s2 +True if the strings +.Ar s1 +and +.Ar s2 +are identical. +.It Ar s1 Cm != Ar s2 +True if the strings +.Ar s1 +and +.Ar s2 +are not identical. +.It Ar s1 Cm < Ar s2 +True if string +.Ar s1 +comes before +.Ar s2 +based on the binary value of their characters. +.It Ar s1 Cm > Ar s2 +True if string +.Ar s1 +comes after +.Ar s2 +based on the binary value of their characters. +.It Ar n1 Fl eq Ar n2 +True if the integers +.Ar n1 +and +.Ar n2 +are algebraically +equal. +.It Ar n1 Fl ne Ar n2 +True if the integers +.Ar n1 +and +.Ar n2 +are not +algebraically equal. +.It Ar n1 Fl gt Ar n2 +True if the integer +.Ar n1 +is algebraically +greater than the integer +.Ar n2 . +.It Ar n1 Fl ge Ar n2 +True if the integer +.Ar n1 +is algebraically +greater than or equal to the integer +.Ar n2 . +.It Ar n1 Fl lt Ar n2 +True if the integer +.Ar n1 +is algebraically less +than the integer +.Ar n2 . +.It Ar n1 Fl le Ar n2 +True if the integer +.Ar n1 +is algebraically less +than or equal to the integer +.Ar n2 . +.El +.Pp +If +.Ar file +is a symbolic link, +.Nm +will fully dereference it and then evaluate the expression +against the file referenced, except for the +.Fl h +and +.Fl L +primaries. +.Pp +These primaries can be combined with the following operators: +.Bl -tag -width Ar +.It Cm \&! Ar expression +True if +.Ar expression +is false. +.It Ar expression1 Fl a Ar expression2 +True if both +.Ar expression1 +and +.Ar expression2 +are true. +.It Ar expression1 Fl o Ar expression2 +True if either +.Ar expression1 +or +.Ar expression2 +are true. +.It Cm \&( Ar expression Cm \&) +True if expression is true. +.El +.Pp +The +.Fl a +operator has higher precedence than the +.Fl o +operator. +.Pp +Some shells may provide a builtin +.Nm +command which is similar or identical to this utility. +Consult the +.Xr builtin 1 +manual page. +.Sh GRAMMAR AMBIGUITY +The +.Nm +grammar is inherently ambiguous. +In order to assure a degree of consistency, +the cases described in the +.St -p1003.2 , +section D11.2/4.62.4, standard +are evaluated consistently according to the rules specified in the +standards document. +All other cases are subject to the ambiguity in the +command semantics. +.Pp +In particular, only expressions containing +.Fl a , +.Fl o , +.Cm \&( +or +.Cm \&) +can be ambiguous. +.Sh EXIT STATUS +The +.Nm +utility exits with one of the following values: +.Bl -tag -width indent +.It 0 +expression evaluated to true. +.It 1 +expression evaluated to false or expression was +missing. +.It >1 +An error occurred. +.El +.Sh EXAMPLES +Implement +.Li test FILE1 -nt FILE2 +using only +.Tn POSIX +functionality: +.Pp +.Dl test -n \&"$(find -L -- FILE1 -prune -newer FILE2 2>/dev/null)\&" +.Pp +This can be modified using non-standard +.Xr find 1 +primaries like +.Cm -newerca +to compare other timestamps. +.Sh COMPATIBILITY +For compatibility with some other implementations, +the +.Cm = +primary can be substituted with +.Cm == +with the same meaning. +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr builtin 1 , +.Xr expr 1 , +.Xr find 1 , +.Xr sh 1 , +.Xr stat 1 , +.Xr symlink 7 +.Sh STANDARDS +The +.Nm +utility implements a superset of the +.St -p1003.2 +specification. +The primaries +.Cm < , +.Cm == , +.Cm > , +.Fl ef , +.Fl nt , +.Fl ot , +.Fl G , +and +.Fl O +are extensions. +.Sh HISTORY +A +.Nm +utility appeared in +.At v7 . +.Sh BUGS +Both sides are always evaluated in +.Fl a +and +.Fl o . +For instance, the writable status of +.Pa file +will be tested by the following command even though the former expression +indicated false, which results in a gratuitous access to the file system: +.Dl "[ -z abc -a -w file ]" +To avoid this, write +.Dl "[ -z abc ] && [ -w file ]" |