.. _cmd-not:

not - negate the exit status of a job
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Synopsis
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.. synopsis::

    not COMMAND [OPTIONS ...]
    ! COMMAND [OPTIONS ...]


Description
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``not`` negates the exit status of another command. If the exit status is zero, ``not`` returns 1. Otherwise, ``not`` returns 0.

Some other shells only support the ``!`` alias.

The **-h** or **--help** option displays help about using this command.

Example
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The following code reports an error and exits if no file named spoon can be found.



::

    if not test -f spoon
        echo There is no spoon
        exit 1
    end


