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I'm a complete newbie and I'm starting to learn the basic for shell scripts. So I apologize if this question is very simple for most users. I'm trying to display the text TRUE to the screen if a file is tested to have the readable bit set using the if then statement.

Thank you most kindly,

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if [[ -r /path/to/your/file ]]; then
  echo "TRUE"
fi
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Since -r is supported by [, you might as well use it to make it portable. (And the question doesn't state that they're using bash.) – Sparhawk Apr 7 at 11:02
    
@user1700494 do you think [[ would work ? – Rahul Apr 11 at 8:14

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