[ ! -x $name ] && { .........} is different notation if statement in script?

[korraag]

Hi Guyzzz,


[ ! -x $name ] && { .........}

Is this the different notation for if statement like

if [ .... ] then fi


Please give me some inputs..


thanks
Raghu

[Sangal-Arun]

Subshells --- see curly brackets and scoping. { ... } is used for running something inside the same/parent shell instead of creating a new subshell/child shell.

For if-then-else-fi see Author's Home page (Mendel Copper Advance Bash Scripting)