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Check file types and compare values.
Returns a status of 0 if the condition evaluates to true, 1 if it evaluates to false.
More information: https://gnu.org/software/bash/manual/bash.html#index-test.
- Test if a given variable is equal/not equal to the specified string:
[ "$variable" =|!= "string" ]
- Test if a given variable is equal/not equal/greater than/less than/greater than or equal/less than or equal to the specified number:
[ "$variable" -eq|ne|gt|lt|ge|le integer ]
- Test if the specified variable has a non-empty value:
[ -n "$variable" ]
- Test if the specified variable has an empty value:
[ -z "$variable" ]
- Test if the specified file exists:
[ -f path/to/file ]
- Test if the specified directory exists:
[ -d path/to/directory ]
- Test if the specified file or directory exists:
[ -e path/to/file_or_directory ]