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## Name
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The Shell Command Language
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## Introduction
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The shell operates according to the following general steps:
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* Some string is read from a source, be it a file, the standard input, or a command string (see [`Shell`(1)](help://man/1/Shell))
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* The shell parses the input to an abstract syntax tree
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* The shell performs various expansions and/or resolutions on the nodes
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* The shell performs various type checks and syntactic checks
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* The shell interprets the AST, evaluating commands as needed
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* For each given command, the shell flattens all the string/list arguments
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* For each given command, the shell records the applicable redirections
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* Should a command be executed, the shell applies the redirections, and executes the command with the flattened argument list
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* Should a command need waiting, the shell shall wait for the command to finish, and continue execution
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Any text below is superseded by the formal grammar defined in the _formal grammar_ section.
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## General Token Recognition
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This section describes the general tokens the language accepts, it should be noted that due to nature of the language, some tokens are valid only in a specific context.
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##### Bareword
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String of characters that are not _Special_ or _Syntactic Elements_
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##### Glob
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String of characters containing at least one of `*?` in _bareword_ position
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##### History Events
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A _designator_ starting with `!` in _bareword_ position that describes a word or a range of words from a previously entered command.
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Please look at the section named 'History Event Designators' for a more thorough explanation. Only allowed in interactive mode.
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##### Single Quoted String
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Any sequence of characters between two single quotes (`'`)
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##### Double Quoted String
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Any sequence of _Double Quoted String Part_ tokens:
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* Barewords
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* Single Quotes
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* Variable References
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* History Events
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* Evaluate expressions
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* Escaped sequences
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##### Heredocs
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Heredocs are made in two parts, the _initiator_ and the _contents_, the _initiator_ may be used in place of a string (i.e. wherever a string is allowed to be used), with the constraint that the _contents_ must follow the _sequence_ that the _initiator_ is used in.
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There are four different _initiators_:
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- `<<-token`: The _contents_ may contain interpolations, and are terminated with a line containing only whitespace and then _token_
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- `<<-'token'`: The _contents_ may _not_ contain interpolations, but otherwise is the same as `<<-token`
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- `<<~token`: Similar to `<<-token`, but the starting whitespace of the lines in the _contents_ is stripped, note that this happens after any and all expansions/interpolations are done.
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- `<<~'token'`: Dedents (i.e. strips the initial whitespace) like `<<~token`, and disallows interpolations like `<<-'token'`.
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Note that heredocs _must_ be listed in the same order as they are used after a sequence that has been terminated with a newline.
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##### Variable Reference
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Any sequence of _Identifier_ characters, or a _Special Variable_ following a `$`.
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Variables may be followed by a _Slice_ (see [Slice](#slice))
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##### Slice
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Variables may be sliced into, which will allow the user to select a subset of entries in the contents of the variable.
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An expression of the form $_identifier_[_slice-contents_] can be used to slice into a variable, where _slice-contents_ has semantics similar to _Brace Expansions_, but it may only evaluate to numeric values, that are used to index into the variable being sliced.
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Negative indices are allowed, and will index the contents from the end. It should be noted that the shell will always perform bounds-checking on the indices, and raise an error on out-of-bound accesses. Slices can slice into both lists and strings.
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For example, `$lst[1..-2]` can be used to select a permutation of a 4-element list referred to by the variable `lst`, as the slice will evaluate to the list `(1 0 -1 -2)`, which will select the indices 1, 0, 3, 2 (in that order).
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##### Immediate Expressions
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An expression of the form '${identifier expression...}', such expressions are expanded to other kinds of nodes before resolution, and are internal functions provided by the shell.
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Currently, the following functions are exposed:
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- ${length (string|list)? _expression_}
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Finds the length of the given _expression_. if either `string` or `list` is given, the shell will attempt to treat _expression_ as that type, otherwise the type of _expression_ will be inferred.
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- ${length\_across (string|list) _expression_}
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Finds the lengths of the entries in _expression_, this requires _expression_ to be a list.
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If either `string` or `list` is given, the shell attempts to treat the elements of _expression_ as that type, otherwise the types are individually inferred.
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- ${split _delimiter_ _string_}
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Splits the _string_ with _delimiter_, and evaluates to a list.
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Both _string_ and _delimiter_ must be strings.
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- ${remove\_suffix _suffix_ _string_}
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Removes the suffix _suffix_ (if present) from the given _string_.
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- ${remove\_prefix _prefix_ _string_}
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Removes the prefix _prefix_ (if present) from the given _string_.
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- ${concat\_lists _list_...}
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Concatenates all the given expressions as lists, and evaluates to a list.
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- ${regex\_replace _pattern_ _replacement-template_ _string_}
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Replaces all occurrences of the regular expression _pattern_ in the given _string_, using the given _replacement-template_.
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Capture groups in _pattern_ can be referred to as `\<group_number>` in the _replacement template_, for example, to reference capture group 1, use `\1`.
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##### Evaluate expression
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Any expression following a `$` that is not a variable reference:
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* Inline execution: A _syntactic list_ following a `$`:
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* Dynamic evaluation: Any other expression following a `$`
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##### Lists
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Any two expressions joined by the Join operator (` ` [whitespace]), or a _variable reference_ referring to a list value
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* Syntactic Lists: Any _list_ enclosed in parentheses (`(` and `)`)
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##### Comments
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Any text following a `#` in _bareword_ position, up to but not including a newline
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##### Keywords
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The following tokens:
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* `for` in command name position
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* `in` as a syntactic element of a `for` expression
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* `if` in command name position, or after the `else` keyword
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* `else` after a partial `if` expression
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* `match` in command name position
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* `as` as part of a `match` expression
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##### Special characters
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Any of the following:
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* `;` in bareword position
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* `\\n` (a newline) in _bareword_ position
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* Any of `(){}`
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* Any of `*?` not in _glob_ position
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##### Tilde
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Any initial path segment starting with the character `~` in _bareword_ position, Optionally followed by a _bareword_ for the username
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## Redirections
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The shell can create various redirections to file descriptors of a command before executing it, the general syntax for redirections is an optional file descriptor, followed by a redirection operator, followed by a destination.
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There are four redirection operators corresponding to various file descriptor open modes: `Read`, `Write`, `WriteAppend` and `ReadWrite`, respectively `<`, `>`, `>>` and `<>`.
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A special syntactic element `&fd` can reference a file descriptor as a destination.
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Redirections take two main forms, Read/Write redirections, and fd closure redirections.
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##### Read/Write
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* Allowed operators: all
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* Allowed destinations: file paths (any shell _expression_) and _file descriptor references_
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##### Close
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* Allowed operators: `Write` (`>`)
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* Allowed destinations: the special "close" reference `&-`
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#### Examples
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```sh
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# Redirect the standard error to a file, and close the standard input
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$ 2> foo 1>&-
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# Redirect a file as read-write into the standard input
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$ 1<>foo
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# Redirect the standard output to /dev/null
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$ >/dev/null
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```
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## Expansions
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The shell performs various expansions, in different stages.
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* Glob Expansion: Globs shall be expanded to a list.
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* Variable Expansion: Variables shall be expanded preserving their types.
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* Brace Expansions: Brace expansions shall be expanded to a list.
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* Juxtaposition Expansion: Juxtapositions shall be expanded as list products.
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* Other expansions: Tildes, Evaluate expressions, etc. shall be expanded as needed.
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### Brace Expansions
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Brace expansions are of two kinds, _normal brace expansions_ and _range brace expansions_.
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_Normal brace expansions_ are sequences of optional expressions inside braces (`{}`), delimited by a comma (`','`); a missing expression is treated as an empty string literal. Such expressions are simply expanded to the expressions they enclose.
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_Range brace expansions_ are of the form `{start_expression..end_expression}`, where `start_expression` and `end_expression` denote the bounds of an inclusive _range_, and can be one of two types:
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- Single unicode code points: The range expands to all code points between the start and end, e.g. `{a..c}` shall expand to the list `(a b c)`.
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- Numbers: The range expands to all numbers between the start and end, e.g. `{8..11}` shall expand to the list `(8 9 10 11)`.
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### Juxtapositions
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Any two expressions joined without any operator are considered to be in a Juxtaposition, with the resulting value being the list product of two expressions.
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For instance, `(1 2)(3 4)` shall be evaluated to `(13 14 23 24)` by calculating the list product of the two expressions `(1 2)` and `(3 4)`.
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### Tildes
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Any bareword starting with a tilde (`~`) and spanning up to the first path separator (`/`) - or EOL - is considered to be a tilde expansion with the text between the tilde and the separator being the _username_, which shall be expanded to a single string containing the home directory of the given _username_ (or the current user if no username is provided).
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### Evaluate
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Evaluate expressions take the general form of a dollar sign (`$`) followed by some _expression_, which is evaluated by the rules below.
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- Should the _expression_ be a string, it shall be evaluated as a dynamic variable lookup by first evaluating the string, and then looking up the given variable.
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- Should the _expression_ be a list or a command, it shall be converted to a command, whose output (from the standard output) shall be captured, and split to a list with the shell local variable `IFS` (or the default splitter `\n` (newline, 0x0a)). It should be noted that the shell option `inline_exec_keep_empty_segments` will determine whether empty segments in the split list shall be preserved when this expression is evaluated, this behavior is disabled by default.
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## Commands
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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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## Shell Semantic Elements
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The commands can be composed into semantic elements, producing composite commands:
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### Sequences
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A sequence of commands, executed serially independent of each other: `Command ; Command ; Command ...`
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It should be noted that a newline (`\\n`) can be substituted for the semicolon (`;`).
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#### Example
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```sh
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# Do one thing, then do another
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echo foo; echo bar
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```
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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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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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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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```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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# Announce execution status of a command
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rm test && echo "deleted!" || echo "failed with $?"
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```
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#### Control Structures
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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_ command and a _then clause_, and optionally the `else` keyword followed by 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.
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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_ command; should the exit code be zero, the _then clause_ will be executed, and if not, the _else clause_ will.
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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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# 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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The shell has two forms of _for loops_, one with an explicitly named iteration variable, and one with an implicitly named one.
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The general syntax follows the form `for index index_name name in expr { sequence }`, and allows omitting the `index index_name name in` part to implicitly name the variable `it`.
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It should be noted that the `index index_name` section is optional, but if supplied, will require an explicit iteration variable as well.
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In other words, `for index i in foo` is not valid syntax.
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A for-loop evaluates the _sequence_ once per every element in the _expr_, setting the local variable _name_ to the element being processed, and the local variable _enum name_ to the enumeration index (if set).
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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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```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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# Iterate over a sequence and write each element to a file
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$ for i in $(seq 1 100) { echo $i >> foo }
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# Iterate over some files and get their index
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$ for index i x in * { echo file at index $i is named $x }
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```
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##### Infinite Loops
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Infinite loops (as denoted by the keyword `loop`) can be used to repeat a block until the block runs `break`, or the loop terminates by external sources (interrupts, program exit, and terminating signals).
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The behavior regarding SIGINT and other signals is the same as for loops (mentioned above).
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###### Examples
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```sh
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# Keep deleting a file
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loop {
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rm -f foo
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}
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```
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##### Subshells
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Subshells evaluate a given block in a new instance (fork) of the current shell process. to create a subshell, any valid shell code can be enclosed in braces.
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###### Examples
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```sh
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# Run a block of code in the background, in a subshell, then detach it from the current shell
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$ { for * { te $it } }&
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$ disown
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```
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##### Functions
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A function is a user-defined entity that can be used as a simple command to execute a compound command, optionally with some parameters.
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Such a function is defined via the syntax below:
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```sh
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function_name(explicitly_named_arguments...) { compound_command }
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```
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The function is named `function_name`, and has some explicitly named arguments `explicitly_named_arguments...`, which *must* be supplied by the caller, failure to do so will cause the command to exit with status 1.
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The compound command shall be executed whenever the simple command `function_name` is executed.
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This execution shall be performed in a new local frame.
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Additionally, should the simple command containing the function name be in a pipeline, or requested to be run in the background, this execution shall be moved to a subshell; naturally, in such a case any changes to the shell state (such as variables, aliases, etc) shall not be leaked to the parent shell process.
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The passed arguments shall be stored in the special variables `*` and `ARGV`, and the explicitly named arguments shall be set, in order, from the first passed argument onwards.
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The exit status of a function simple command shall be the exit status of the last command executed within the command, or 0 if the function has no commands.
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The declaration is *not* a command, and will not alter the exit status.
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###### Examples
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```sh
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fn(a b c) {
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echo $a $b $c \( $* \)
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}
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$ fn 1 2 3 4
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# 1 2 3 ( 1 2 3 4 )
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```
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##### Match Expressions
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The pattern matching construct `match` shall choose from a sequence of patterns, and execute the corresponding action in a new frame.
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The choice is done by matching the result of the _matched expression_ (after expansion) against the _patterns_ (expanded down to either globs or literals).
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Multiple _patterns_ can be attributed to a single given action by delimiting them with a pipe ('|') symbol.
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A _pattern_ (or the series of) may be annotated with an extra `as (...)` clause, which allows globbed parts of the matching pattern to be named and used in the matching block.
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The expanded _matched expression_ can optionally be given a name using the `as name` clause after the _matched expression_, with which it may be accessible in the action clauses.
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###### Examples
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```sh
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# Match the result of running 'make_some_value' (which is a list when captured by $(...))
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match "$(make_some_value)" as value {
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(hello*) { echo "Hi!" }
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(say\ *) { echo "No, I will not $value" }
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}
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# Match the result of running 'make_some_value', cast to a string
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# Note the `as (expr)` in the second pattern, which assigns whatever the `*` matches
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# to the name `expr` inside the block.
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match "$(make_some_value)" {
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hello* { echo "Hi!" }
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say\ * as (expr) { echo "No, I will not say $expr!" }
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}
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```
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### History Event Designators
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History expansion may be utilized to reuse previously typed words or commands.
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Such expressions are of the general form `!<event_designator>(:<word_designator>)`, where `event_designator` would select an entry in the shell history, and `word_designator` would select a word (or a range of words) from that entry.
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| Event designator | Effect |
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| :- | :----- |
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| `!` | The immediately preceding command |
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| _n_ | The _n_'th entry in the history, starting with 1 as the first entry |
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| -_n_ | The last _n_'th entry in the history, starting with -1 as the previous entry |
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| _str_ | The most recent entry starting with _str_ |
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| `?`_str_ | The most recent entry containing _str_ |
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| Word designator | Effect |
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| :-- | :----- |
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| _n_ | The word at index _n_, starting with 0 as the first word (usually the command) |
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| `^` | The first argument (index 1) |
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| `$` | The last argument |
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| _x_-_y_ | The range of words starting at _x_ and ending at _y_ (inclusive). _x_ defaults to 0 if omitted |
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| `*` | All the arguments. Equivalent to `^`-`$` |
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| _x_`*` | The range of words starting at _x_ and ending at the last word (`$`) (inclusive) |
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| _x_- | The range of words starting at _x_ and ending at the second to last word (inclusive). _x_ defaults to 0 if omitted |
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Note: The event designator and the word designator should usually be separated by a colon (`:`). This colon can be omitted only if the word designator starts with `^`, `$` or `*` (such as `!1^` for the first argument of the first entry in the history).
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## Formal Grammar
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### Shell Grammar
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```
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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? or_logical_sequence
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| variable_decls? function_decl (terminator sequence)?
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| variable_decls? terminator sequence
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function_decl :: identifier '(' (ws* identifier)* ')' ws* '{' [!c] toplevel '}'
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or_logical_sequence :: and_logical_sequence '|' '|' and_logical_sequence
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| and_logical_sequence
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and_logical_sequence :: pipe_sequence '&' '&' and_logical_sequence
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| pipe_sequence
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terminator :: ';'
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| '\n' [?!heredoc_stack.is_empty] heredoc_entries
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heredoc_entries :: { .*? (heredoc_entry) '\n' } [each heredoc_entries]
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variable_decls :: identifier '=' expression (' '+ variable_decls)? ' '*
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| identifier '=' '(' pipe_sequence ')' (' '+ 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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control_structure[c] :: for_expr
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| loop_expr
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| if_expr
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| subshell
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| match_expr
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| ?c: continuation_control
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continuation_control :: 'break'
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| 'continue'
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for_expr :: 'for' ws+ (('index' ' '+ identifier ' '+)? identifier ' '+ 'in' ws*)? expression ws+ '{' [c] toplevel '}'
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loop_expr :: 'loop' ws* '{' [c] toplevel '}'
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if_expr :: 'if' ws+ or_logical_sequence ws+ '{' toplevel '}' else_clause?
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else_clause :: else '{' toplevel '}'
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| else if_expr
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subshell :: '{' toplevel '}'
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match_expr :: 'match' ws+ expression ws* ('as' ws+ identifier)? '{' match_entry* '}'
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match_entry :: match_pattern ws* (as identifier_list)? '{' toplevel '}'
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identifier_list :: '(' (identifier ws*)* ')'
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match_pattern :: expression (ws* '|' ws* expression)*
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command :: redirection command
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| list_expression command?
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redirection :: number? '>'{1,2} ' '* string_composite
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| number? '<' ' '* string_composite
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| number? '>' '&' number
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| number? '>' '&' '-'
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list_expression :: ' '* expression (' '+ list_expression)?
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expression :: evaluate expression?
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| string_composite expression?
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| comment expression?
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| immediate_expression expression?
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| history_designator expression?
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| '(' list_expression ')' expression?
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evaluate :: '$' '(' pipe_sequence ')'
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| '$' expression {eval / dynamic resolve}
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string_composite :: string string_composite?
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| variable string_composite?
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| bareword string_composite?
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| glob string_composite?
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| brace_expansion string_composite?
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| heredoc_initiator string_composite? {append to heredoc_entries}
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heredoc_initiator :: '<' '<' '-' bareword {*bareword, interpolate, no deindent}
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| '<' '<' '-' "'" [^']* "'" {*string, no interpolate, no deindent}
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| '<' '<' '~' bareword {*bareword, interpolate, deindent}
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| '<' '<' '~' "'" [^']* "'" {*bareword, no interpolate, deindent}
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string :: '"' dquoted_string_inner '"'
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| "'" [^']* "'"
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dquoted_string_inner :: '\' . dquoted_string_inner? {concat}
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| variable dquoted_string_inner? {compose}
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| . dquoted_string_inner?
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| '\' 'x' xdigit*2 dquoted_string_inner?
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| '\' 'u' xdigit*8 dquoted_string_inner?
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| '\' [abefrnt] dquoted_string_inner?
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variable :: variable_ref slice?
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variable_ref :: '$' identifier
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| '$' '$'
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| '$' '?'
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| '$' '*'
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| '$' '#'
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| ...
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slice :: '[' brace_expansion_spec ']'
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comment :: '#' [^\n]*
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immediate_expression :: '$' '{' immediate_function expression* '}'
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immediate_function :: identifier { predetermined list of names, see Shell.h:ENUMERATE_SHELL_IMMEDIATE_FUNCTIONS }
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history_designator :: '!' event_selector (':' word_selector_composite)?
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event_selector :: '!' {== '-0'}
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| '?' bareword '?'
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| bareword {number: index, otherwise: lookup}
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word_selector_composite :: word_selector ('-' word_selector)?
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word_selector :: number
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| '^' {== 0}
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| '$' {== end}
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bareword :: [^"'*$&#|()[\]{} ?;<>] bareword?
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| '\' [^"'*$&#|()[\]{} ?;<>] bareword?
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bareword_with_tilde_expansion :: '~' bareword?
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glob :: [*?] bareword?
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| bareword [*?]
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brace_expansion :: '{' brace_expansion_spec '}'
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brace_expansion_spec :: expression? (',' expression?)*
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| expression '..' expression
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digit :: <native hex digit>
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number :: <number in base 10>
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identifier :: <string of word characters>
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```
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