[Linux-disciples] Equivalent bash syntaxes

[Stephen R Laniel]

Is there any reason to prefer any of the
following three forms to either of the
other two?

- test expression && action

- if test expression; then
      action
  fi

- if [ expression ]; then
      action
  fi

I would guess that the versions
featuring test(1) would be more
portable, but I would also guess that
most modern shells support the [ ... ]
syntax. So is this a "six of one,
half-dozen of another" thing?

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