Builtin functions

test

This command check file types and compare values.

Examples

Command	Explanation
test $<STR1> = $<STR2> && echo same	compare two strings and print 'same' if equal
test $<STR1> != $<STR2> && echo different	compare two strings and print 'different' if not equal
test ! $<STR1 = $<STR2> && echo different	compare two strings and print 'different' if not equal
test $<NUMBER1> -eq $<NUMBER2> echo equal	compare two numbers and print 'equal' if equal
test $<NUMBER1> -gt $<NUMBER2> echo greater	test if <NUMBER1> is greater than <NUMBER2> and print 'greater' if true
test $<NUMBER1> -le $<NUMBER2> echo smaller	test if <NUMBER1> is smaller than <NUMBER2> and print 'smaller' if true
[ -e $<FILE_PATH> ]	test if <FILE_PATH> exists
if [ -e $<FILE_PATH> ]; then echo exists; fi	test if <FILE_PATH> exists and echo 'exists' if it does