fish-shell/sphinx_doc_src/cmds/else.rst

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

\fish
if test -f foo.txt
    echo foo.txt exists
else
    echo foo.txt does not exist
end
\endfish