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[โ€“] JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

You can use || between two commands as well. If the first command returns exit code != 0, the second command will run.

I.e. which ansible || pip install ansible.

[โ€“] merc@sh.itjust.works 4 points 5 days ago

Or && for if you only want the second command to run if the first command succeeded.