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  -- Test: -type c
      True if the file is of type C:
 
      'b'
           block (buffered) special
      'c'
           character (unbuffered) special
      'd'
           directory
      'p'
           named pipe (FIFO)
      'f'
           regular file
      'l'
           symbolic link; if '-L' is in effect, this is true only for
           broken symbolic links.  If you want to search for symbolic
           links when '-L' is in effect, use '-xtype' instead of '-type'.
      's'
           socket
      'D'
           door (Solaris)
 
      As a GNU extension, multiple file types can be provided as a
      combined list separated by comma ','.  For example, '-type f,d,l'
      is logically interpreted as '( -type f -o -type d -o -type l )'.
 
  -- Test: -xtype c
      This test behaves the same as '-type' unless the file is a symbolic
      link.  If the file is a symbolic link, the result is as follows (in
      the table below, 'X' should be understood to represent any letter
      except 'l'):
 
      ''-P -xtype l''
           True if the symbolic link is broken
      ''-P -xtype X''
           True if the (ultimate) target file is of type 'X'.
      ''-L -xtype l''
           Always true
      ''-L -xtype X''
           False unless the symbolic link is broken
 
      In other words, for symbolic links, '-xtype' checks the type of the
      file that '-type' does not check.
 
      The '-H' option also affects the behaviour of '-xtype'.  When '-H'
      is in effect, '-xtype' behaves as if '-L' had been specified when
      examining files listed on the command line, and as if '-P' had been
      specified otherwise.  If neither '-H' nor '-L' was specified,
      '-xtype' behaves as if '-P' had been specified.
 
      ⇒Symbolic Links, for more information on '-follow' and '-L'.
 

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