Re: simple question on conditional expression

"Mathias M." <[email protected]> Mon, 6 Oct 2025 16:36:02 +0200
Newsgroups gmane.comp.shells.zsh.devel,gmane.comp.shells.zsh.user
Message-ID <aOPT0nU07vMOwWni@apollonios> 
On Mon, Oct 06, 2025 at 12:24:19PM +0200, Helmut Jarausch wrote:
> if ( echo $ANS | grep B ); then echo OK;fi

Why the '()'?

```zsh
ANS=ABC
if echo $ANS | grep -q B; then echo OK; fi
```
result:
OK

Works like a charm without the '()' ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 

Regards,
Mathias
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