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IT/Scripting.md

@@ -31,9 +31,10 @@ In Bash, different styles of quotes (or a backtick) mean different things:
 A basic if statement in bash looks like this:
 ```
 if somecommand; then
-
+	# The code here will be run if somecommand has an exit code of 0
 fi
 ```
+Note that the if statement is terminated by `fi`. This is fairly standard throughout bash scripting, where the blocks are closed with the reverse text used to open them. 
 ## Commands
 | Command           | Description                                                                                    |
 | ----------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |