fish-shell/doc_src/else.txt

\section else else - execute command if a condition is not met

\subsection else-synopsis Synopsis
\fish{synopsis}
if CONDITION; COMMANDS_TRUE...; [else; COMMANDS_FALSE...;] end
\endfish

\subsection else-description Description

`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.


\subsection else-example Example

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
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			`\subsection else-synopsis Synopsis`
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Documentation update Rework for Doxygen >1.8. Moved large parts of the documentation to a simplified format, making use of Markdown enhancements and fixing bad long options. 2014-08-01 02:37:32 +00:00			`if CONDITION; COMMANDS_TRUE...; [else; COMMANDS_FALSE...;] end`
			`\endfish`
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			`\subsection else-description 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.

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			`\subsection else-example Example`

Make line length, wrapping and spacing consistent 2014-08-19 12:41:23 +00:00			The following code tests whether a file `foo.txt` exists as a regular file.
Help cleanup Large list of changes, including formatting and typos for most commands. More substantive changes have been made to alias, bind, block, break, builtin, case, cd, commandline, count, else, emit, fish_config, funced, function, functions, history, math, mimedb, nextd, not, popd, prevd, pushd, pwd, random, read, set, set_color, switch, test, trap, type, ulimit, umask, and while. 2013-05-12 07:56:01 +00:00
Documentation update Rework for Doxygen >1.8. Moved large parts of the documentation to a simplified format, making use of Markdown enhancements and fixing bad long options. 2014-08-01 02:37:32 +00:00			`\fish`
Help cleanup Large list of changes, including formatting and typos for most commands. More substantive changes have been made to alias, bind, block, break, builtin, case, cd, commandline, count, else, emit, fish_config, funced, function, functions, history, math, mimedb, nextd, not, popd, prevd, pushd, pwd, random, read, set, set_color, switch, test, trap, type, ulimit, umask, and while. 2013-05-12 07:56:01 +00:00			`if test -f foo.txt`
			`echo foo.txt exists`
			`else`
			`echo foo.txt does not exist`
			`end`
Documentation update Rework for Doxygen >1.8. Moved large parts of the documentation to a simplified format, making use of Markdown enhancements and fixing bad long options. 2014-08-01 02:37:32 +00:00			`\endfish`