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- .th IF I 5/2/74
- .sh NAME
- if \*- conditional command
- .sh SYNOPSIS
- .bd if
- expr command [ arg ... ]
- .sh DESCRIPTION
- .it If
- evaluates the expression
- .it expr,
- and if its value is
- true,
- executes the given
- .it command
- with the given arguments.
- .s3
- The following primitives are used to construct
- the
- .it expr:
- .s3
- .lp +13 13
- \fB\*-r\fR file true if the file exists and is readable.
- .s3
- .lp +13 13
- \fB\*-w \fRfile true if the file exists and is writable.
- .s3
- .lp +13 13
- s1 \fB= \fRs2 true
- if the strings
- .it s1
- and
- .it s2
- are equal.
- .s3
- .lp +13 13
- s1 \fB!= \fRs2 true
- if the strings
- .it s1
- and
- .it s2
- are not equal.
- .s3
- .lp +13 13
- \fB{ \fRcommand \fB}\fR The bracketed command is
- executed to obtain the
- exit status.
- Status zero is considered
- .it true.
- The command must
- not
- be another
- .it if.
- .s3
- .i0
- These primaries may be combined with the
- following operators:
- .s3
- .lp +13 13
- \fB!\fR unary negation operator
- .s3
- .lp +13 13
- \fB\*-a\fR binary
- .it and
- operator
- .s3
- .lp +13 13
- \fB\*-o\fR binary
- .it or
- operator
- .s3
- .lp +13 13
- \fB( \fRexpr\fB )\fR parentheses for grouping.
- .s3
- .i0
- .bd \*-a
- has higher precedence than
- .bd \*-o.
- Notice that all the operators and flags are separate
- arguments to
- .it if
- and hence must be surrounded by spaces.
- Notice also that parentheses are meaningful
- to the Shell and must be escaped.
- .sh "SEE ALSO"
- sh (I), find (I)
- .sh BUGS
-