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Updated on 2025-03-10

A brief discussion on the control flow structure in shell scripts

When I get used to the C/C++ programming environment, and then when I turn to shell programming, I always feel a little unfamiliar.

The general if-then-else function format in the shell is nothing more than the following:

if condition1

then Order1

elif condition2

thenOrder2

else Order3

fi

In Linux

If the command exit status is 0, the exit is successful and there are no errors;

If the exit status is 1, the exit fails and there is an error somewhere.

In the if-then-else- function, condition 1 is a conditional test. If condition 1 returns to 0, it means that the test is true, and execute command 1; otherwise, return 1, then elif is executed.

That is, the criterion for determining whether the condition is successful or not is the return value.

This is a bit different from c/c++, and you will get it wrong if you are not careful.

For more information, see:

"Linux and Unix_shell Programming Guide" 18.3

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