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Re: [in WORDS ... ;] === should be ===> [in WORDS ... ];
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Paul Jarc |
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Re: [in WORDS ... ;] === should be ===> [in WORDS ... ]; |
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Fri, 15 Oct 2004 10:14:09 -0400 |
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Abraham Alawi <aalawi@gmail.com> wrote:
> [in WORDS ... ;] === should be ===> [in WORDS ... ];
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> as the semicolon in this case is compulsary not optional to be
> included between the brackets.
Actually, it is optional when "in WORDS" is absent (at least for bash,
although portable scripts shouldn't rely on it):
$ set 1 2; for i do echo "$i"; done; for i; do echo "$i";done
1
2
1
2
So it should really be: for NAME [[in WORDS ...] ;] do COMMANDS; done
paul