On Fri, Jun 1, 2018 at 6:18 PM, Chet Ramey <chet.ra...@case.edu> wrote: > The general rule is simple: bash reads input a line at a time, feeding > each line to the parser, until it has enough input for a complete > command. If it doesn't have enough to complete a command, it will read > additional lines. If a newline would complete a command, you need to > quote it to prevent it being interpreted as such.
Yes that is all understood. All I'm requesting for is for this behaviour to be *documented* in the manpage. -- Shriramana Sharma ஶ்ரீரமணஶர்மா श्रीरमणशर्मा 𑀰𑁆𑀭𑀻𑀭𑀫𑀡𑀰𑀭𑁆𑀫𑀸
