1STEST(1)                    General Commands Manual                   STEST(1)
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NAME

6       stest - filter a list of files by properties
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SYNOPSIS

9       stest [-abcdefghlpqrsuwx] [-n file] [-o file] [file...]
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DESCRIPTION

12       stest takes a list of files and filters by the files' properties, anal‐
13       ogous to test(1).  Files which pass all tests are printed to stdout. If
14       no files are given, stest reads files from stdin.
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OPTIONS

17       -a     Test hidden files.
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23       -d     Test that files are directories.
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29       -g     Test that files have their set-group-ID flag set.
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35       -n file
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EXIT STATUS

58       0      At least one file passed all tests.
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SEE ALSO

65       dmenu(1), test(1)
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69                                   dmenu-5.0                          STEST(1)