access - determine whether a file can be accessed


SYNOPSIS

       access -mode file


DESCRIPTION

       Exit  successfully if file can be accessed with the speci­
       fied mode.  mode is one or more letters of rwx, where r is
       for  readable, w is for writable, and x is for executable.

       The difference between access and test is that the  latter
       looks  at  the  permission  bits,  while the former checks
       using the access(2) system call.  This makes a  difference
       when file systems have been mounted read-only.


OPTIONS

       access accepts the following additional options:

       --help Print help message and exit.

       --version
              Print version information and exit.


SEE ALSO

       access(2)


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