\section else else - execute command if a condition is not met

\subsection else-synopsis Synopsis
<tt>if CONDITION; COMMANDS_TRUE...; [else; COMMANDS_FALSE...;] end</tt>

\subsection else-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 it is not 0 and
<tt>else</tt> is given, \c COMMANDS_FALSE will be executed.

\subsection else-example Example

The following code tests whether a file \c foo.txt exists as a regular file.

<pre>
if test -f foo.txt
    echo foo.txt exists
else
    echo foo.txt does not exist
end
</pre>