-r FILE (conditional operator)

true if the file exists and is readable by you, i.e. the current user.

Links

• Bash manual
• POSIX specification of test

Examples

Different ways to test if a file is readable:

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test -r ~/file && echo "readable" [ -r ~/file ] && echo "readable" # Bash [[ -r ~/file ]] && echo "readable"