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@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ Evaluate expressions take the general form of a dollar sign (`$`) followed by so
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## Commands
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-A `Command` is a single simple command, containing arguments and redirections for a single program. The shell can evaluate a sequence of commands, a conditional relation between commands, or various semantic elements composed of commands and intrinsics.
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+A `Command` is a single simple command, containing arguments and redirections for a single program, or a compound command containing a shell control structure. The shell can evaluate a sequence of commands, a conditional relation between commands, or various semantic elements composed of commands and intrinsics.
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Commands can be either calls to Shell builtins, or external programs.
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@@ -143,15 +143,15 @@ echo foo; echo bar
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### Logical Relations
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A sequence of commands whose execution depends somehow on the result of another
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-##### `Command && Command && Command ...` (AND)
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+#### `Command && Command && Command ...` (AND)
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Short-circuiting command evaluations, will cancel the entire chain should any command fails (have a non-zero exit code)
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-##### `Command || Command || Command ...` (OR)
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+#### `Command || Command || Command ...` (OR)
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Short-circuiting command evaluation, will continue down the chain if any command fails.
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It should be noted that `And` chains bind more tightly than `Or` chains, so an expression of the form `C1 && C2 || C3` is understood as "evaluate `C1`, if successful, evaluate `C2`, if not successful, evaluate `C3`".
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-#### Examples
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+##### Examples
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```sh
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# Create file if not found
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test -f foo.txt || touch foo.txt
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@@ -160,7 +160,35 @@ test -f foo.txt || touch foo.txt
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rm test && echo "deleted!" || echo "failed with $?"
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```
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-#### Loops
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+#### Control Structures
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+
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+##### Conditionals
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+Conditionals can either be expressed with the _Logical Relations_, or via explicit `if` expressions.
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+An `if` expression contains at least a _condition_ and a _then clause_, and optionally an _else clause_.
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+An _else clause_ may contain another `if` expression instead of a normal block.
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+The _then clause_ **must** be surrounded by braces, but the _else clause_ may also be another `if` expression, or missing.
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+
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+An `if` expression evaluates either the _then clause_ or (if available) the _else clause_, based on the exit code of the _condition_; should the exit code be zero, the _then clause_ will be executed, and if not, the _else clause_ will.
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+
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+###### Examples
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+```sh
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+# Remove a file if it exists, create it otherwise
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+if test -e the_file {
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+ rm the_file
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+} else {
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+ touch the_file
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+}
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+
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+# Cond chain (if-elseif-else)
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+if A {
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+ echo A
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+} else if B {
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+ echo B
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+} else {
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+ echo C
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+}
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+```
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##### For Loops
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For Loops evaluate a sequence of commands once per element in a given list.
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@@ -171,7 +199,7 @@ A for-loop evaluates the _sequence_ once per every element in the _expr_, seetti
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The Shell shall cancel the for loop if two consecutive commands are interrupted via SIGINT (\^C), and any other terminating signal aborts the loop entirely.
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-#### Examples
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+###### Examples
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```sh
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# Iterate over every non-hidden file in the current directory, and prepend '1-' to its name.
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$ for * { mv $it 1-$it }
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$ for i in $(seq 1 100) { echo $i >> foo }
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```
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+##### Subshells
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+Subshells evaluate a given block in a new instance (fork) of the current shell process. to create a subshell, any valid shell code can be enclosed in braces.
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+
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+###### Examples
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+```sh
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+# Run a block of code in the background, in a subshell, then detach it from the current shell
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+$ { for * { te $it } }&
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+$ disown
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+```
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+
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## Formal Grammar
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### Shell Grammar
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@@ -188,7 +226,6 @@ toplevel :: sequence?
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sequence :: variable_decls? or_logical_sequence terminator sequence
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| variable_decls? or_logical_sequence '&' sequence
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- | variable_decls? control_structure terminator sequence
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| variable_decls? or_logical_sequence
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| variable_decls? terminator sequence
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@@ -206,10 +243,21 @@ variable_decls :: identifier '=' expression (' '+ variable_decls)? ' '*
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pipe_sequence :: command '|' pipe_sequence
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| command
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+ | control_structure '|' pipe_sequence
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+ | control_structure
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+
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+control_structure :: for_expr
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+ | if_expr
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+ | subshell
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+
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+for_expr :: 'for' ws+ (identifier ' '+ 'in' ws*)? expression ws+ '{' toplevel '}'
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+
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+if_expr :: 'if' ws+ or_logical_sequence ws+ '{' toplevel '}' else_clause?
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-control_structure :: for_loop
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+else_clause :: else '{' toplevel '}'
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+ | else if_expr
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-for_loop :: 'for' ws+ (identifier ' '+ 'in' ws*)? expression ws+ '{' toplevel '}'
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+subshell :: '{' toplevel '}'
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command :: redirection command
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| list_expression command?
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