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Chapter 7. Conditional statements

• Table of Contents
• 7.1. Introduction to if
   
• 7.1.1. General
• 7.1.2. Simple applications of if


• 7.2. More advanced if usage
   
• 7.2.1. if/then/else constructs
• 7.2.2. if/then/elif/else constructs
• 7.2.3. Nested if statements
• 7.2.4. Boolean operations
• 7.2.5. Using the exit statement and if


• 7.3. Using case statements
   
• 7.3.1. Simplified conditions
• 7.3.2. Initscript example


• 7.4. Summary
• 7.5. Exercises

In this chapter we will discuss the use of conditionals in Bash scripts. This includes the following topics:

• The if statement

• Using the exit status of a command

• Comparing and testing input and files

• if/then/else constructs

• if/then/elif/else constructs

• Using and testing the positional parameters

• Nested if statements

• Boolean expressions

• Using case statements

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