How do I ask "if NOT" in shell?

[Maarten Litmaath]

roe at sobmips.UUCP (r.peterson) writes:
\...
\true && {
\	echo true
\} || {
\	echo false
\}
\
\and it functions fine.  Change true && to false && and it prints false
\correctly as well.

The abovementioned method has different characteristics:

	test-command && {
		if-clause
	} || {
		else-clause
	}

...will execute the else-clause if the test-command *or* the if-clause fails,
which might not be what you want.
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