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Re: Are there any plans for more readable, modern syntaxes for If statements?

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On 2020/03/13 07:52, Robert Elz wrote:
> That's OK, and at times I have been tempted that way, but it really is
> easier to just do
>
> 	if <some relational test>
> 	then
> 		true_command1
> 		true_command2
> 	else
> 		false_command1
> 		false_command2
> 		false_command3
> 	fi
>   
----
If you need an else clause, then using 'if' makes sense,
but for a simple 1-liner equivalent to C's

  if (bool) truecase;

bash's

  $bool && truecase

is certainly shorter than any if;then;fi case and for a simple 1-liner,
just as clear if not more so.

Being concise was certainly not a design priority as much for shell
as for C.

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Re: Are there any plans for more readable, modern syntaxes for If statements? L A Walsh <bash@tlinx.org> - 2020-03-19 17:41 -0700

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