Print a boolean value with printf

I assume you are running into a buffering issue, such that your program exits before your buffer flushes. When you use printf() or print() it doesn’t necessarily flush without a newline. You can use an explicit flush() or add a new-line (which will also cause a flush()) See also Buffered Streams – The Java Tutorials, Flushing Buffered Streams which says in part Some buffered … Read more

Difference between or and xor

It has to do with mutual exclusion. xor is exclusive. or is inclusive. Truth Table Comparison Note: the difference in the last case. xor is only true when either $x or $y is true, but not both (as the case for or).

Converting from a string to boolean in Python?

Really, you just compare the string to whatever you expect to accept as representing true, so you can do this: Or to checks against a whole bunch of values: Be cautious when using the following: Empty strings evaluate to False, but everything else evaluates to True. So this should not be used for any kind of parsing … Read more

How can I declare and use Boolean variables in a shell script?

Revised Answer (Feb 12, 2014) Original Answer Caveats: https://stackoverflow.com/a/21210966/89391 From: Using boolean variables in Bash The reason the original answer is included here is because the comments before the revision on Feb 12, 2014 pertain only to the original answer, and many of the comments are wrong when associated with the revised answer. For example, Dennis Williamson’s … Read more

What is the printf format specifier for bool?

There is no format specifier for bool types. However, since any integral type shorter than int is promoted to int when passed down to printf()‘s variadic arguments, you can use %d: But why not: or, better: or, even better: instead?

How can I declare and use Boolean variables in a shell script?

Revised Answer (Feb 12, 2014) Original Answer Caveats: https://stackoverflow.com/a/21210966/89391 From: Using boolean variables in Bash The reason the original answer is included here is because the comments before the revision on Feb 12, 2014 pertain only to the original answer, and many of the comments are wrong when associated with the revised answer. For example, Dennis Williamson’s … Read more