Re: Possible bug in bash

[Chet Ramey]

On 5/13/22 10:36 PM, Dale R. Worley wrote:
> Robert Elz <kre@munnari.OZ.AU> writes:
> > Note particularly that there is no operator precedence between
> > && and || - they are the same (unlike in C for example)
>
> Reading your message, I believe that the rule can be stated as follows,
> and I'd thank you to check it:  && and || have the same precedence, and
> they both "associate left".  So for example
>      x && yy || zz
> is equivalent (as a control structure) to
>      { x && yy ;} || zz

Yes, this is correct.


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