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From: jsdy@hadron.UUCP (Joseph S. D. Yao)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: Expressions in csh IF commands
Message-ID: <453@hadron.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 5-Feb-87 22:18:40 EST
Article-I.D.: hadron.453
Posted: Thu Feb  5 22:18:40 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 7-Feb-87 20:54:47 EST
References: <15@aber-cs.UUCP> <801@cartan.Berkeley.EDU>
Reply-To: jsdy@hadron.UUCP (Joseph S. D. Yao)
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Organization: Hadron, Inc., Fairfax, VA
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Summary: The Real Answer

In article <801@cartan.Berkeley.EDU> ballou@brahms.Berkeley.EDU (Kenneth R. Ballou) writes:
>In article <15@aber-cs.UUCP> dap@aber-cs.UUCP (Dave Price) writes:
>>Can someone please tell me what is wrong with the following
>>	if ( \{ /bin/true \} ) echo "hello"
>The correct syntax is 
>	if { /bin/true } echo "hello"
>The parentheses are unnecessary.

Ken is, of course, correct, albeit nonresponsive.

The answer to the question is that the {}'s should not be
quoted.  The ()'s may be in or not at your option.

You'll need them if you add any and'ed or or'ed expressions.
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	Joe Yao		hadron!jsdy@seismo.{CSS.GOV,ARPA,UUCP}
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