Knowing how conditionals work in bash open up a world of scripting possibilities. We’ll learn the basic syntax, including if, else, and elif. Then we'll look at a few of the "primary" operators you can leverage in a conditional statement such as = for string equality, -eq for numeric...
Knowing how conditionals work in bash open up a world of scripting possibilities. We’ll learn the basic syntax, including if, else, and elif. Then we'll look at a few of the "primary" operators you can leverage in a conditional statement such as = for string equality, -eq for numeric...
Introduction to command shell scripting Conditionals Conditional statementsallow us to change the way our program behaves based on the input it receives, the contents of variables, or any of a number of other factors. The most common and useful conditional for us to use in bash is theifstatemen...
The previous section introduced the concept that there are several reserved words and a number of characters that have an effect on the operation of Bash. The most basic, and probably most widely used conditional logic is with if and else statements. Let's use an example code snippet:...
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In this guide, we will learn theusage of conditional statements in Bash scriptingwith examples. Decision-making is an important step in programming. There may be a situation where certain conditions have to be met and based upon that you have to write some logic. This is what a conditional ...