Stop Writing `If` in Bash(samueleamato.xyz)

Stop Writing `If` in Bash

https://samueleamato.xyz/2026/02/24/stop-writing-if-in-bash

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I'm not convinced for one reason above all: short-circuit evaluation is available to use in most any programming language I've ever used, including Python and C. That said, I have seen this idiom in a lot of bash scripts. I've never understood why it's idiomatic and I'm not seeing an explanation here.