fish-shell/doc_src/cmds/else.rst

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else - execute command if a condition is not met
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Synopsis
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**if** *CONDITION*; *COMMANDS_TRUE*...; [``else``; *COMMANDS_FALSE*...;] **end**

Description
-----------

:ref:`if <cmd-if>` will execute the command **CONDITION**.
If the condition's exit status is 0, the commands *COMMANDS_TRUE* will execute.
If it is not 0 and ``else`` is given, *COMMANDS_FALSE* will be executed.


Example
-------

The following code tests whether a file *foo.txt* exists as a regular file.

::

    if test -f foo.txt
        echo foo.txt exists
    else
        echo foo.txt does not exist
    end
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Commit doc_src progress. This is continuing the work I've been doing to remove the :: formatting for the synopsis sections of our manual pages. 2021-12-17 21:58:38 +00:00			:ref:`if <cmd-if>` will execute the command CONDITION.
			`If the condition's exit status is 0, the commands COMMANDS_TRUE will execute.`
			If it is not 0 and ``else`` is given, COMMANDS_FALSE will be executed.
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			`::`

			`if test -f foo.txt`
			`echo foo.txt exists`
			`else`
			`echo foo.txt does not exist`
			`end`