.hd then "introduce the then-part of a conditional" 03/20/80 if [ ] then { } else { } .br fi .ds 'Then' is a do-nothing command that may be used to introduce the "affirmative" or "asserted" part of a conditional statement. It is available solely for the purpose of improving the appearance of conditional statements in command files, and is always optional. .es if [nargs] then set file = [arg 1 | quote] fi .sa if (1), else (1), fi (1), case (1)