The joy of shell scripting

shell-pain.sh

$ if [ "condition" ]; then echo yes; else echo no; fi
yes
$ # Cool, but it's kind of verbose... is there a shorter way?
$ test "condition" && echo yes || echo no
yes
$ # Great! How succinct!
$ if [ "condition" ]; then cat nonexistentFile; else echo no; fi
cat: nonexistentFile: No such file or directory
$ # Aha, a non-zero exit code...
$ test "condition" && cat nonexistentFile || echo no
cat: nonexistentFile: No such file or directory
no
$ # Oh noez!!!!!!!!!!!!1111one