Re: Are there any plans for more readable, modern syntaxes for If statements?

[L A Walsh]

On 2020/03/13 07:52, Robert Elz wrote:
> That's OK, and at times I have been tempted that way, but it really is
> easier to just do
>
>         if <some relational test>
>         then
>                 true_command1
>                 true_command2
>         else
>                 false_command1
>                 false_command2
>                 false_command3
>         fi
>   
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If you need an else clause, then using 'if' makes sense,
but for a simple 1-liner equivalent to C's

 if (bool) truecase;

bash's

 $bool && truecase

is certainly shorter than any if;then;fi case and for a simple 1-liner,
just as clear if not more so.

Being concise was certainly not a design priority as much for shell
as for C.