Name
if
Synopsis
if
test-cmds
Begin a conditional statement. The possible formats, shown here side by side, are:
iftest-cmds
iftest-cmds
iftest-cmds
then then thencmds1
cmds1
cmds1
fi else eliftest-cmds
cmds2
then ficmds2
... elsecmdsn
fi
Usually, the initial if
and any
elif
lines execute one test
or [ ] command (although any series of commands is permitted). When
if
succeeds (that is, the last of its
test-cmds
returns 0),
cmds1
are performed; otherwise, each
succeeding elif
or else
line is tried.
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