-L FILE (conditional operator)

true if the file is a symbolic link. false if the file does not exist or is not a symbolic link.

-h is an alias of -L.

Examples

Different ways to test if a file is a symbolic link:
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test -L /bin/sh && echo "symbolic link"
[ -L /bin/sh ] && echo "symbolic link"
# Bash
[[ -L /bin/sh ]] && echo "symbolic link"
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