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		kludgeon on March 2, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Elegant Bash Conditionals just use zsh. `if [[ -f file ]] {run this command} else {run that command}` no closing `fi`, use multiline or single line, add an arbitrary number of elif statements. this only requires the short option is set in your z shell.

kludgeon on March 2, 2021 [–]

and I'd call most of this discussion flow control, not conditionals. Strictly speaking, conditionals are one of the primary benefits of zsh over bash imo.

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