Question

test statement cannot ______

(a) compare two numbers

(b) compare two strings

(c) compare two files

(d) check a file’s attributes

The question was asked in an interview for internship.

I need to ask this question from Shell Programming using Various Commands in portion Essential Shell Programming of Unix

Answer 1

Correct option is (c) compare two files

The explanation: test works in three ways:

•    compare two numbers

•     compare two strings

•    check a file’s attributes