fish-shell/sphinx_doc_src/cmds/else.rst

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else - execute command if a condition is not met
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Synopsis
--------

::

    if CONDITION; COMMANDS_TRUE...; [else; COMMANDS_FALSE...;] end

Description
-----------

``if`` 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 ``else`` is given, ``COMMANDS_FALSE`` will be executed.


Example
-------

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


::

    if test -f foo.txt
        echo foo.txt exists
    else
        echo foo.txt does not exist
    end
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			`::`

			`if test -f foo.txt`
			`echo foo.txt exists`
			`else`
			`echo foo.txt does not exist`
			`end`