Re: simplify and if then else

[Peter Stephenson <pws@xxxxxxx>]

zzapper wrote:
> Hi
> Having a Homer Simpson moment, but this must be easy to simplify
> if [[ "$LOGNAME" != davidr ]]
> then
> cd /o/inetpub/wwwdev/www.some.co.uk/epsystem/epadmin
> else
> cd /c/inetpub/wwwdev/www.some.co.uk/epsystem/epadmin
> fi
> 
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cd \
${${${LOGNAME:#davidr}:+/o}:-/c}/inetpub/wwwdev/www.some.co.uk/epsystem/epadmin

although if LOGNAME is empty it's treated the same as if it were davidr;
if that's an issue it gets even more clumsy:

${${${${LOGNAME:-x}:#davidr}:+/o}:-/c}

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