Unix / Linux - C Shell Operators



We will now list down all the operators available in C Shell. Here most of the operators are very similar to what we have in C Programming language.

Operators are listed in the order of decreasing precedence −

Arithmetic and Logical Operators

The following table lists out a few Arithmetic and Logical Operators −

Sr.No. Operator & Description
1

( )

Change precedence

2

~

1's complement

3

!

Logical negation

4

*

Multiply

5

/

Divide

6

%

Modulo

7

+

Add

8

-

Subtract

9

<<

Left shift

10

>>

Right shift

11

==

String comparison for equality

12

!=

String comparison for non equality

13

=~

Pattern matching

14

&

Bitwise "and"

15

^

Bitwise "exclusive or"

16

|

Bitwise "inclusive or"

17

&&

Logical "and"

18

||

Logical "or"

19

++

Increment

20

--

Decrement

21

=

Assignment

22

*=

Multiply left side by right side and update left side

23

/=

Divide left side by right side and update left side

24

+=

Add left side to right side and update left side

25

-=

Subtract left side from right side and update left side

26

^=

"Exclusive or" left side to right side and update left side

27

%=

Divide left by right side and update left side with remainder

File Test Operators

The following operators test various properties associated with a Unix file.

Sr.No. Operator & Description
1

-r file

Checks if file is readable; if yes, then the condition becomes true.

2

-w file

Checks if file is writable; if yes, then the condition becomes true.

3

-x file

Checks if file is executable; if yes, then the condition becomes true.

4

-f file

Checks if file is an ordinary file as opposed to a directory or special file; if yes, then the condition becomes true.

5

-z file

Checks if file has size greater than 0; if yes, then the condition becomes true.

6

-d file

Checks if file is a directory; if yes, then the condition becomes true.

7

-e file

Checks if file exists; is true even if file is a directory but exists.

8

-o file

Checks if user owns the file; returns true if the user is the owner of the file.

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