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diff --git a/doc_src/if.txt b/doc_src/if.txt index f1238002..ed19fbe0 100644 --- a/doc_src/if.txt +++ b/doc_src/if.txt @@ -5,10 +5,15 @@ \subsection if-description Description -<tt>if</tt> will execute the command CONDITION. If the condition's exit -status is 0, the commands COMMANDS_TRUE will execute. If it is not 0 and -<tt>else</tt> is given, COMMANDS_FALSE will be executed. Hint: use -<a href="#begin"><tt>begin; ...; end</tt></a> for complex conditions. +<tt>if</tt> will execute the command CONDITION. If the condition's +exit status is 0, the commands COMMANDS_TRUE will execute. If the +exit status is not 0 and <tt>else</tt> is given, COMMANDS_FALSE will +be executed. + +In order to use the exit status of mutiple commands as the condition +of an if block, use <a href="#begin"><tt>begin; ...; end</tt></a> and +the short circut commands <a href="commands.html#and">and</a> and <a +href="commands.html#or">or</a>. The exit status of the last foreground command to exit can always be accessed using the <a href="index.html#variables-status">$status</a> |