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On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 11:35:06PM -0400, JP Vossen wrote: > At the PLUG West meeting, Toby asked about using a bash 'if' without a > 'test', but testing the command instead. Like: > > if command; then > foo > elif > bar > fi > > This one bites me every once in a while too, since that's how it > "logically" should work. That is how it works. For example: $ if false ; then echo "Hello, World" ; else echo "Goodbye, World" ; fi Goodbye, World Or in a script: if false then echo "Hello, World" else echo "Goodbye, World" fi (Note: false is /bin/false, a GNU Coreutils command.) Also, set -e can be placed on a bash script's command line. For example: #!/bin/bash -e I also like -u. You can read an old blog I wrote about both of them at the following URL: http://gnuisance.net/blog/t/2007/bash-eu.html -Dave -- David A. Harding Website: http://dtrt.org/ 1 (609) 997-0765 Email: dave@dtrt.org Jabber/XMPP: dharding@jabber.org ___________________________________________________________________________ Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug