bashsyntaxconditional-operator

Ternary operator (?:) in Bash

Is there a way to do something like this

int a = (b == 5) ? c : d;

using Bash?

Solution

  • The ternary operator ? : is just a short form of if/then/else:

    case "$b" in
 5) a=$c ;;
 *) a=$d ;;
esac

    Or:

    [[ $b = 5 ]] && a="$c" || a="$d"