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You could write that as 1 line:
[ -z "$var" ] && echo "empty" || echo "no it aint"Incidentally, this is an anti-pattern: http://mywiki.wooledge.org/BashPitfalls#cmd1_.26.26_cmd2_.7C.7C_cmd3
@Tangentism @Ephera Did you mean:
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