Conditionals

The ``&&'' separator executes a command only if the previous command returned a ``true'' status.

The ``||'' separator executes a command only if the previous command returned a ``false'' status. Thus:

This example:	Can also be written:
a || b	if a; else b; fi
a && b	if a; then b; fi
a && b || c	if if a; then b; fi else c; fi

After any of the separators ``&'', ``|'', ``||'', or ``&&'', a newline is ignored. Thus the last example above can be written:

   a &&
   b ||
   c

See also:

• ``&&'' and ``||'' in the deskshell(XC) manual page