On 3/19/14 1:29 AM, Filipus Klutiero wrote:
> Sorry for the last paragraph, I didn't realize that "if true; then echo x;
> fi" was a list. Thanks, the definition of compound commands is OK then. I
> probably developed my misunderstanding of what a list is due to the order
> of sections and the fact that the manpage does not define what a command
> is. To be fair, even the author of the info documentation got that wrong:
>
>> A `pipeline' is a sequence of simple commands separated by one of the
>> control operators `|' or `|&'.
Thanks. The man page says "a sequence of one or more commands ...". I'll
fix the inconsistency.
Chet
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