Re: Should -f test return true for symlinks ?

I agree that the Perl document does not explicitly state the behavior in this case. But, you could test if it is both a file and a link:

$ perl -e 'printf "%d%d%d%d%d\n", -f "file", -f "link", -l "file", -l 
+"link", -f "link" and -l "link"'
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Caution: I haven't tested all the combos of files/dirs/links, etc.

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Re^2: Should -f test return true for symlinks ? by Bloodnok (Vicar) on Oct 23, 2013 at 14:13 UTC
Indeed I could;-/ I'll also raise a defect against the file test operator document to make plain the fact that the link is followed and suggest another use case when trying to determine a truly plain file. A user level that continues to overstate my experience :-))	[reply]