| File Tests |
| -r |
File or directory is readable by this (effective) user or group |
| -r |
File or directory is readable by this (effective) user or group |
| -w |
File or directory is writable by this (effective) user or group |
| -x |
File or directory is executable by this (effective) user or group |
| -o |
File or directory is owned by this (effective) user |
| -R |
File or directory is readable by this real user or group |
| -W |
File or directory is writable by this real user or group |
| -X |
File or directory is executable by this real user or group |
| -O |
File or directory is owned by this real user |
| -e |
File or directory name exists |
| -z |
File exists and has zero size (always false for directories) |
| -s |
File or directory exists and has nonzero size (the value is the size in bytes) |
| -f |
Entry is a plain file |
| -d |
Entry is a directory |
| -l |
Entry is a symbolic link |
| -S |
Entry is a socket |
| -p |
Entry is a named pipe (a "fifo") |
| -b |
Entry is a block-special file (like a mountable disk) |
| -c |
Entry is a character-special file (like an I/O device) |
| -u |
File or directory is setuid |
| -g |
File or directory is setgid |
| -k |
File or directory has the sticky bit set |
| -t |
The filehandle is a TTY (as reported by the isatty() system function; filenames can't be tested by this test) |
| -T |
File looks like a "text" file |
| -B |
File looks like a "binary" file |
| -M |
Modification age (measured in days) |
| -A |
Access age (measured in days) |
| -C |
Inode-modification age (measured in days) |
