TESTDIR=homeweipeiruadguardworkdataquerylogjsonwhile $#TESTDIR -gt 1 ; do sudo -u syslog ls $TESTDIR devnull 2&1 && echo syslog can read contents of $TESTDIR echo syslog cannot read conte

#!/bin/bash

TESTDIR=$1

while [[ ${#TESTDIR} -gt 1 ]]; do sudo -u syslog ls "$TESTDIR" >/dev/null 2>&1 &&
echo "syslog can read contents of $TESTDIR" ||
echo "syslog cannot read contents of $TESTDIR" TESTDIR=$(dirname "$TESTDIR") done