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Re: bash 'if [[ <cond> ]]; then ...fi' should 'then' be redundant?
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Greg Wooledge |
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Re: bash 'if [[ <cond> ]]; then ...fi' should 'then' be redundant? |
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Thu, 7 May 2020 11:32:35 -0400 |
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On Thu, May 07, 2020 at 01:59:39PM +0000, Vang Le-Quy wrote:
> So it is like this
>
> If do-command-list-and-if-the-last-command-returns-true
> then
> DO-WHATEVER1
> elif1
> in-case-THE-IF-returns-false-and-do-command-list-and-if-the-last-command-returns-true
[...]
No. You're not getting it. You can put multiple commands between "if"
and "then".
if command 1
command 2
command 3
then
stuff 1
stuff 2
fi
That's why "then" is required. Otherwise you don't know when the first
command list is finished.