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diff --git a/doc_src/if.txt b/doc_src/if.txt index 94d2763a..38054c37 100644 --- a/doc_src/if.txt +++ b/doc_src/if.txt @@ -1,19 +1,21 @@ \section if if - conditionally execute a command \subsection if-synopsis Synopsis -<tt>if CONDITION; COMMANDS_TRUE...; [else if CONDITION2; COMMANDS_TRUE2...;] [else; COMMANDS_FALSE...;] end</tt> +\fish{syn} +if CONDITION; COMMANDS_TRUE...; [else if CONDITION2; COMMANDS_TRUE2...;] [else; COMMANDS_FALSE...;] end +\endfish \subsection if-description Description -<tt>if</tt> will execute the command \c CONDITION. If the condition's -exit status is 0, the commands \c COMMANDS_TRUE will execute. If the -exit status is not 0 and <tt>else</tt> is given, \c COMMANDS_FALSE will +`if` 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 `else` is given, `COMMANDS_FALSE` will be executed. In order to use the exit status of multiple commands as the condition -of an if block, use <a href="#begin"><tt>begin; ...; end</tt></a> and -the short circuit commands <a href="commands.html#and"><tt>and</tt></a> -and <a href="commands.html#or"><tt>or</tt></a>. +of an if block, use <a href="#begin">`begin; ...; end`</a> and +the short circuit 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> @@ -21,16 +23,18 @@ variable. \subsection if-example Example -<pre> +\fish if test -f foo.txt - echo foo.txt exists + echo foo.txt exists else if test -f bar.txt - echo bar.txt exists + echo bar.txt exists else - echo foo.txt and bar.txt do not exist + echo foo.txt and bar.txt do not exist end -</pre>will print <tt>foo.txt exists</tt> if the file foo.txt +\endfish + +will print `foo.txt exists` if the file foo.txt exists and is a regular file, otherwise it will print -<tt>bar.txt exists</tt> if the file bar.txt exists +`bar.txt exists` if the file bar.txt exists and is a regular file, otherwise it will print -<tt>foo.txt and bar.txt do not exist</tt>. +`foo.txt and bar.txt do not exist`. |