Timeline for If statement [ or [[ or ( or ((?
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| Aug 11, 2020 at 20:01 | comment | added | JoBe | I c, but if I'm writing one for only me, to be run on only one computer, with bash, wouldn't using [[ ]] everywhere eliminate any mistakes I might do when writing [ ] and trying to test something that's not supported in the [ ] test? | |
| Aug 11, 2020 at 19:49 | comment | added | jesse_b | @JoBe: not necessarily. Often in shell scripting portability is strongly desired so if [ works for you there is nothing wrong with using it. | |
| Aug 11, 2020 at 19:47 | vote | accept | JoBe | ||
| Aug 11, 2020 at 19:47 | comment | added | JoBe | so with other words, if I'm working is bash, it's better to use [[ ]] instead of [ ], since this is the "old" way, and [[ ]] is more and better? | |
| Aug 11, 2020 at 19:16 | history | answered | jesse_b | CC BY-SA 4.0 |