Re: bash does not jump where it is supposed to jump

[Andreas Schwab]

William Tambe <tambewilliam@gmail.com> writes:

> [ "test" = "test" ] && {
>       # after the false command bash should jump directly to echo end
>       # but instead run echo echo "test != test"
>       false
> } || {
>       echo "test != test"
> }

true && false is false, thus the echo is executed.

Andreas.

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