Difference between revisions of "Bash if elif else fi"
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Bash If..elif..else..fi  | Bash If..elif..else..fi  | ||
<source lang="bash">  | <source lang="bash">  | ||
| − | + | if [ conditional expression1 ]  | |
   then  |    then  | ||
     statement1  |      statement1  | ||
     statement2  |      statement2  | ||
| − | + | elif [ conditional expression2 ]  | |
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   then  |    then  | ||
     statement3  |      statement3  | ||
     statement4  |      statement4  | ||
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   else  |    else  | ||
     statement5  |      statement5  | ||
| − | + | fi  | |
</source>  | </source>  | ||
== example ==  | == example ==  | ||
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OR example  | OR example  | ||
<source lang="bash">  | <source lang="bash">  | ||
| − | + |   if [[ "$VARIABLE" == "something" || "$VARIABLE" == "else" ]]; then  | |
| − |   if [[ "$VARIABLE" == "something" || "$VARIABLE" == "else" ]]; then  | + | |
     some_command  |      some_command  | ||
  fi  |   fi  | ||
Latest revision as of 13:18, 16 April 2021
Bash If..elif..else..fi
if [ conditional expression1 ] then statement1 statement2 elif [ conditional expression2 ] then statement3 statement4 else statement5 fi
example
if [ "$opt" = "some string" ]; then some_command fi
OR example
if [[ "$VARIABLE" == "something" || "$VARIABLE" == "else" ]]; then some_command fi
conditional based on string compare
if a variable contains a string...
string='foobar' if [[ $string == *"bar"* ]]; then echo "your bar is in my foo!" fi