Re: Conditions with logical operators and nested groups execute "if" and "else"

[Pierre Gaston]

On Tue, May 22, 2018 at 12:17 AM, Uriel <url.15.104@gmail.com> wrote:

> Configuration Information:
> Machine: x86_64
> OS: linux-gnu
> Compiler: gcc
> Compilation CFLAGS:  -DPROGRAM='bash' -DCONF_HOSTTYPE='x86_64'
> -DCONF_OSTYPE='linux-gnu' -DCONF_MACHTYPE='x86_64-pc-linux-gnu'
> -DCONF_VENDOR='pc' -DLOCALEDIR='/usr/share/locale' -DPACKAGE='bash'
> -DSHELL
> -DHAVE_CONFIG_H   -I.  -I../. -I.././include -I.././lib  -Wdate-time
> -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -g -O2
> -fdebug-prefix-map=/build/bash-DWMIDv/bash-4.4.18=.
> -fstack-protector-strong -Wformat -Werror=format-security -Wall
> -Wno-parentheses -Wno-format-security
> uname output: Linux HPgS 4.9.0-6-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.9.88-1+deb9u1
> (2018-05-07) x86_64 GNU/Linux
> Machine Type: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
>
> Bash Version: 4.4
> Patch Level: 19
> Release Status: release
>
> Description:
> As you know, a conditional is of the type:
> if [[ EXPRESSION ]]; then TRUE CONDITION; else ALTERNATIVE RESULT; fi
>
> Or with logical operators and groups:
>
> [[ EXPRESSION ]]; && { TRUE CONDITION; } || { ALTERNATIVE RESULT; }
>
> Within each of the conditionals there may be more nested, written the first
> or
> second way they should give the same result
>

Why? || means "or" not "else"