[Linux-disciples] Equivalent bash syntaxes

[Jamie Forrest]

Does #1 allow for multiple actions?

On Jul 21, 2008, at 11:31 AM, Stephen R Laniel wrote:

> 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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