On 2025-07-02, Eli Schwartz <eschwa...@gentoo.org> wrote: > if [ "$?" -eq "0" ] ; then > echo "Crypt file system is open" > else > echo "Crypt is not open. Please enter passphrase." > cryptsetup open $LVM_DEV crypt > fi > > This makes your eyes get drawn to the lines that are aligned left, which > have the "when shall I run it?" logic. You can easily tell that > "cryptsetup open" happens AFTER the "else".
Maybe it's just me, but I've switched from using [ ] to [[ ]]. I find it works right the first try way more often. It's a bash built-in, and the quoting and whitespace handling seems to work more like my brain expects. After decades of using [ ], I was still regularly tripped up in ways that I don't seem to be using [[ ]]. [And it's even support by busybox's ash shell.] https://mywiki.wooledge.org/BashFAQ/031 https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3427872/whats-the-difference-between-and-in-bash
