Ray Jones wrote:
> 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 )
The one above should have worked. I'm guessing condi1 instead of cond1
is just a typo. Unless you really need a subshell, I probably would have
used something like this:
[ cond1 -gt cond2 ] || { echo something ; func ; }
It might have helped to see your actual code instead of pseudocode as
well. Hope this helps.
> 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?
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