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Am 12.12.2010 13:31, schrieb Csaba Raduly:

> I guess something like this:
> 
> [ -f file ] && echo is

True, but this is bad style.  Reason is you cannot run scripts containing this
under a "set -e" regime.  However, most scripts should be doing that (and set -u
is also often advised), so that errors don't go unnoticed.

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