The if statement is a primary and powerful control structure that creates optimized decision-making logic and manages the scripts’ flow. With the help of many conditional operators like comparison operators, logical operators, file test operators, etc, an ‘if’ statement can easily make your scripts capable of responding to different scenarios. So, let’s get started exploring the basics of Bash if statement with the following guide.
How ‘if’ Statement Works?
The if statement is a fundamental conditional structure that is used to control and make decisions based on specific conditions. This control statement checks whether a condition is true or false. If a particular condition is satisfied, the if statement executes a given code block. But if the condition is false, it doesn’t execute any command.