Multiple statements in if else statement in shell scripting

Question

I want to ask is it possible to give multiple statements to be executed when if condition gets satisfied by doing just

if[condition] then
statements
else
statements
fi

or we have to do something else like using do.....done around that block of statements

Jared Burrows · Accepted Answer · 2019-06-05 03:58:19Z

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Yes you can have multiple statements:

if [ condition ]; then
  echo 'foo'
  echo 'bar'
else
  echo 'hello'
  echo 'world'
fi

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answered Feb 22, 2011 at 7:17

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FWIW to Shweta, the statements can also be separated by semicolons.