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koalaman edited this page Jul 18, 2015
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if [ true ]
then
echo "always triggers"
fi
if true
then
echo "never triggers"
fi
This is a stylistic suggestion to use true
instead of [ true ]
.
[ true ]
seems to suggest that the value "true" is somehow relevant to the statement. This is not the case, it doesn't matter. You can replace it with [ false ]
or [ wombat ]
, and it will still always be true:
String | In brackets | Outside brackets
--------+--------------+-----------------
true | true | true
false | true | false
wombat | true | unknown command
It's therefore better to use it without brackets, so that the "true" actually matters.
None.