Re: Setting two variables based on condition

[Andreas Kusalananda Kähäri]

On Thu, Apr 08, 2021 at 08:11:33AM +0200, michael-franzese@gmx.com wrote:
> Is this the way to set two variables "at" and "gf" when condition is true.
> 
> [[ "$dsattr" == "attrib" ]] && at="$gf" && gf=""
> 
> 

No, if the assignment to at fails (it may be readonly), then gf would
not be assigned either.  Don't try to be smart, just do

        if [[ ... ]]; then
            assignments here
        fi

i.e.

        if [[ $dsattr == attrib ]]; then
            at=$gf
            gf=
        fi

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Andreas (Kusalananda) Kähäri
SciLifeLab, NBIS, ICM
Uppsala University, Sweden

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