On Sat, 7 Dec 2013, Nick Mapsy wrote: > Hi, I'm trying to figure out how to combine multiple commands in a > conditional with boolean operators, but I must be missing something. > > I thought this is how "or" is meant to be used, but this gives "no" as the > output: > if false; or true > echo yes > else > echo no > end > > If this is wrong, what is the proper equivalent of "if false || true" in > bash?
You have to use blocks: if begin; false; or true; end echo yes else echo no end There is some discussion on GitHub, starting from https://github.com/fish-shell/fish-shell/issues/150#issuecomment-16717275 of how this syntax might be improved. > FYI, here is what I'm actually trying to do: > if test $host = 'nfshost'; or echo $distro | grep -Eq 'bsd$' > # do stuff > end Try if begin test $host = 'nfshost' or echo $distro | grep -Eq 'bsd$' end # do stuff end David Adam zanc...@ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rapidly troubleshoot problems before they affect your business. Most IT organizations don't have a clear picture of how application performance affects their revenue. With AppDynamics, you get 100% visibility into your Java,.NET, & PHP application. Start your 15-day FREE TRIAL of AppDynamics Pro! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=84349831&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Fish-users mailing list Fish-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fish-users
