Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uwm.edu!gem.mps.ohio-state.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!hplabs!hpl-opus!steinbac From: steinbac@hpl-opus.HP.COM (Gunter Steinbach) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions Subject: Re: How do I ask "if NOT" in shell? Message-ID: <63720010@hpl-opus.HP.COM> Date: 24 Oct 89 17:55:21 GMT References: <28381@shemp.CS.UCLA.EDU> Organization: HP Labs, High Speed Electronics Dept., Palo Alto, CA Lines: 7 I prefer This form: TESTCOMMAND || { BODY } It doesn't allow an "else" clause, though.