fish-shell/sphinx_doc_src/cmds/if.rst
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if - conditionally execute a command
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Synopsis
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if CONDITION; COMMANDS_TRUE...;
[else if CONDITION2; COMMANDS_TRUE2...;]
[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 the exit status is not 0 and ``else`` is given, ``COMMANDS_FALSE`` will be executed.
You can use <a href="#and">``and``</a> or <a href="#or">``or``</a> in the condition. See the second example below.
The exit status of the last foreground command to exit can always be accessed using the <a href="index.html#variables-status">$status</a> variable.
Example
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The following code will print ``foo.txt exists`` if the file foo.txt exists and is a regular file, otherwise it will print ``bar.txt exists`` if the file bar.txt exists and is a regular file, otherwise it will print ``foo.txt and bar.txt do not exist``.
::
if test -f foo.txt
echo foo.txt exists
else if test -f bar.txt
echo bar.txt exists
else
echo foo.txt and bar.txt do not exist
end
The following code will print "foo.txt exists and is readable" if foo.txt is a regular file and readable
::
if test -f foo.txt
and test -r foo.txt
echo "foo.txt exists and is readable"
end