[CentOS] Why does 'test -f' and 'test -e' return true on a (hidden) file that doesn't exist?

Marko A. Jennings markobiz at bluegargoyle.com
Mon Mar 31 20:43:28 UTC 2008


On Mon, March 31, 2008 4:37 pm, Tim Alberts wrote:
> Why does 'test -f' and 'test -e' return true on a (hidden) file that
> doesn't exist?
>
> *> cat /home/talberts/.forward*
> cat: /home/talberts/.forward: No such file or directory
> *> test -f /home/talberts/.forward ;echo $?*
> 1
> *> test -e /home/talberts/.forward ;echo $?*
> 1

0 = exists
1 = does not exist



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