BlastHardcheese 1345359978 learn You don't need to test whether you think something will succeed before you actually do that thing. Common examples include testing for the existance of a command before running it, or checking if a directory is writable before creating a file in it. Just go ahead and *do it*. If a command fails, it should exit with a non-zero exit status, which you can check for and handle (e.g.: printlog || warn 'Couldn't write to
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BlastHardcheese 1345360127 learn You don't need to test whether you think something will succeed before you actually do that thing. Common examples include testing for the existence of a command before running it, or checking if a directory is writable before creating a file in it. Just go ahead and *do it*. If a command fails, it should exit with a non-zero exit status, which you can check for and handle.
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