question-- Bourne (and C) SHELL

[David Herron, NPR Lover]

In article <3220 at brl-smoke.ARPA> swa at COMET.LCS.MIT.EDU (Steven Augart) writes:
>    if ls foo
>    then
>            ;
>    else
>            echo "foo not found"
>    endif

Or:

	#! /bin/sh
	# not.sh -- Logical NOT of the return status of a command
	#
	# USAGE: not command
	#
	if $@; then
		exit 1
	else
		exit 0
	fi

Allowing one to say:

	if not rsh e /bin/true; then
		echo ^G^Ge is down^G^G
	fi
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