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Old 07-19-2017
How to assign result of boolean expression?
Hello

I would to write the test on one line like :
Code:
declare -i x=0 y=0 

........
some code assign value 0 or 1 to x and y
........

# if either x or y or both is set to 1, then do something
if  [ $x -gt 0 ] -o [ $y -gt 0 ] ; then
   do_something
fi

Any help is welcome
# 2  
Old 07-19-2017
-o is OR within [ ] (and in test arguments)
|| is OR in the shell
So it is either
Code:
if  [ $x -gt 0 -o $y -gt 0 ] ; then

or
Code:
if  [ $x -gt 0 ] || [ $y -gt 0 ] ; then

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# 3  
Old 07-22-2017
Quote:
Originally Posted by MadeInGermany
-o is OR within [ ] (and in test arguments)
|| is OR in the shell
So it is either
Code:
if  [ $x -gt 0 -o $y -gt 0 ] ; then

or
Code:
if  [ $x -gt 0 ] || [ $y -gt 0 ] ; then

Thank you
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