Re: [PATCH] add semicolon if last word in command group ends in &

[Chet Ramey]

On 6/10/23 10:41 PM, Martin D Kealey wrote:
> On Sun, 11 Jun 2023, 09:31 Grisha Levit, <grishalevit@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > The command printing code can fail to add a required semicolon when the
> > last word in the command ends with `&'
>
> This could be obviated by unconditionally outputting a newline instead of a
> semicolon.

There's some merit to this; the existing group command printing code
already prints group commands on multiple lines if within a shell function.


> I acknowledge that this style isn't to everyone's taste, but to me it feels
> more "natural" to the Shell, rather than pretending that one is writing in
> some other language; I detest style guides that insist on obscuring ";then"
> on the end of a long line.

Everyone has a preference.

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