Re: [Help-bash] Undocumented caret logical operator?

[G. Branden Robinson]

At 2018-05-02T14:06:11-0400, Greg Wooledge wrote:
> > echo -n expect FALSE:
> > false ^ true && echo TRUE || echo FALSE
> 
> > echo -n expect FALSE:
> > false ^ false && echo TRUE || echo FALSE
> 
> It's also a really bad idea to chain && and || in the same command
> like this.  It is NOT a synonym for "if ... then ... else ... fi",
> as I explain at <https://mywiki.wooledge.org/BashPitfalls#pf22>.

Yes, that was sloppy of me.  I was lashing together the test cases in a
hurry.  Meaning it's an even worse habit, as it was an unthinking one!

-- 
Regards,
Branden

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