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bash test flags

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# Option	Purpose	                                                            Syntax
# -eq	    True if two integers are equal	                                    if [ INT1 -eq INT2 ]
# -ne	    True if two integers are not equal	                                if [ INT1 -ne INT2 ]
# -gt	    True if the first integer is greater than the second	            if [ INT1 -gt INT2 ]
# -ge	    True if the first integer is greater than or equal to the second	if [ INT1 -ge INT2 ]
# -lt	    True if the first integer is smaller than the second	            if [ INT1 -lt INT2 ]
# -le	    True if the first integer is smaller than or equal to the second	if [ INT1 -le INT2 ]
# =	        True if two strings are equal	                                    if [ STRING1 = STRING2 ]
# !=	    True if two strings are not equal	                                if [ STRING1 != STRING2 ]
# =~        True if string mathches regex pattern                               if [ STRING =~ ^[A-Za-z]+$ ]
# \>	    True if the first string is greater than the second	                if [ STRING1 \> STRING2 ]
# -z	    True if the string is null	                                        if [ -z STRING ]
# -n	    True if the string is not null	                                    if [ -n STRING ]
# -e	    True if file exists	                                                if [ -e FILE ]
# -d	    True if the file is a directory	                                    if [ -d FILE ]
# -s	    True if the file is not empty (non-zero file size)	                if [ -s FILE ]

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