Re: Bourne shell short-circuit operators improperly documented

Actually I've never regarded "&&" and "||" (and also "|"
and "&") as operators, like real operators in a programming
language, but as command separators, much like ";", but
with special semantics.

Note that

   foo && bar && baz
   foo || bar || baz

is the same as

   if foo; then if bar; then baz; fi; fi
   if ! foo; then if ! bar; then baz; fi; fi

Best regards
   Oliver

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