test

Check file types and compare values. Returns 0 if the condition evaluates to true, 1 if it evaluates to false. More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/test>.

Install

All systems
curl cmd.cat/test.sh
Debian Debian
apt-get install coreutils
Ubuntu
apt-get install coreutils
Alpine
apk add coreutils
Arch Arch Linux
pacman -S coreutils
image/svg+xml Kali Linux
apt-get install coreutils
CentOS
yum install coreutils
Fedora
dnf install coreutils
Windows (WSL2)
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install coreutils
OS X
brew install coreutils
Raspbian
apt-get install coreutils
Dockerfile
dockerfile.run/test
Docker
docker run cmd.cat/test test powered by Commando

Check file types and compare values. Returns 0 if the condition evaluates to true, 1 if it evaluates to false. More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/test>.

  • Test if a given variable is equal to a given string:
    test "$MY_VAR" = "/bin/zsh"
  • Test if a given variable is empty:
    test -z "$GIT_BRANCH"
  • Test if a file exists:
    test -f "path/to/file_or_directory"
  • Test if a directory does not exist:
    test ! -d "path/to/directory"
  • If A is true, then do B, or C in the case of an error (notice that C may run even if A fails):
    test condition && echo "true" || echo "false"

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