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what is the use of "test" command in unix?
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Answer / samrat biswal
Test is a condition evaluation command.The test command
evaluates the expression if the value is True,returns a
zero exit status; otherwise,a nonzero exit status is
returned.test also returns a nonzero exit status if there
are no arguments.
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Answer / sourisengupta
test - check file types and compare values
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Answer / manikantan t s
test is very useful on condition checking.
following are the most used options
-r,-w,-x,-f,-d,-eq,-gt,-ge,-lt,-le,-ne,=,!=,-z
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