title: How to use bitwise operators in if statements?
body: <p>I want to write something like this:</p>
  
  <pre><code>if [[ ( releases["token"] &amp; $MASK ) -eq 1 ]]; then
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>but I get the error that:</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>unexpected token `&amp;', conditional binary operator expected</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>How do I use bitwise operators in if statements?</p>