- bash - What is the purpose of in a shell command? - Stack Overflow
Furthermore, you also have || which is the logical or, and also ; which is just a separator which doesn't care what happend to the command before
- What does $# mean in bash? - Ask Ubuntu
Furthermore, when you use bash -c, behavior is different than if you run an executable shell script, because in the latter case the argument with index 0 is the shell command used to invoke it
- bash - Shell equality operators (=, ==, -eq) - Stack Overflow
530 = and == are for string comparisons -eq is for numeric comparisons -eq is in the same family as -lt, -le, -gt, -ge, and -ne == is specific to bash (not present in sh (Bourne shell), ) Using POSIX = is preferred for compatibility In bash the two are equivalent, and in sh = is the only one that will work
- Whats the difference between [ and [[ in Bash? - Stack Overflow
Make sure you have the #! bin bash shebang line for your script if you use double brackets See also Bash FAQ - "What is the difference between test, [ and [ [ ?" Bash Practices - Bash Tests Server Fault - What is the difference between double and single brackets in bash?
- How to compare strings in Bash - Stack Overflow
How do I compare a variable to a string (and do something if they match)?
- An and operator for an if statement in Bash - Stack Overflow
Modern shells such as Bash and Zsh have inherited this construct from Ksh, but it is not part of the POSIX specification If you're in an environment where you have to be strictly POSIX compliant, stay away from it; otherwise, it's basically down to personal preference
- What do the -n and -a options do in a bash if statement?
The switches -a and -n are not strictly part of a bash if statement in that the if command does not process these switches What are primaries? I call them "switches", but the bash documentation that you linked to refers to the same thing as "primaries" (probably because this is a common term used when discussing parts of a boolean expression)
- shell - Difference between sh and Bash - Stack Overflow
When writing shell programs, we often use bin sh and bin bash I usually use bash, but I don't know what's the difference between them What's the main difference between Bash and sh? What do we
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