[ale] Bash scripting question #2

Dow_Hurst dhurst at mindspring.com
Fri Feb 18 09:29:04 EST 2005


Geof,
Thanks for testing it in bash!  I use that right off.
Dow


-----Original Message-----
From: Geoffrey <esoteric at 3times25.net>
Sent: Feb 18, 2005 8:07 AM
To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts <ale at ale.org>
Subject: Re: [ale] Bash scripting question #2

Geoffrey wrote:

> That won't work, that's why I used the '-o' syntax in an earlier post. 
> You can do it this way:
> 
> if [ -f foo ] || [ -f bar ]....
> 
> But that's more typing.. :)

Just tested the following in bash, which was originally a ksh construct:

if [[ -f foo || -f bar ]]; then ....

And it works in bash as well.

-- 
Until later, Geoffrey
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