Can anyone explain to me why the following doesn't work? If condition1 -gt condition2, then continue down the script otherwise, follow the OR condition and echo something and then call a function. If I write it as follows, Bash ORs the test and the echo and then calls the function regardless of result.
[ cond1 -gt cond2 ] || echo something ; call function If I do it as follows, Bash ignores the OR section altogether and continues down the script [ condi1 -gt cond2 ] || ( echo something ; call function ) This ignores the function call..... [ cond1 -gt cond2 ] || echo something && call function ....and this calls the function regardless..... [ cond1 -gt cond2 ] || echo something || call function I finally broke down and used the if/then construct (I probably should have started with that anyway), but it seemed that one of those should have worked. Any ideas? Ray _______________________________________________ PLUG-applications mailing list [email protected] http://lists.plug.phoenix.az.us/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/plug-applications Reminder: All replies will go back to this mailing list. If you wish to send a reply to a specific person, please use the reply function and change the "To:" address to that person before sending.
