Re: [gentoo-portage-dev] Google Summer of Code: Bash AST and grammar

[Sebastian Pipping]

On 07/21/10 16:56, Sebastian Pipping wrote:
> A few things I haven't seen, yet:
>
> # Adjacent changes in quotation
> echo "abc"'"'"def" # Makes abc"def
>
> # Escape sequences like ..
> echo "abc\"def"
>
> # Invocation from ibnside strings
> echo "foo $(echo foo), bar `echo bar`"
>
> # Heredocs (and their variations ..)
> cat <<EOF >/dev/stdout
> 1
> 2
> EOF
>
> # Construct of $((..))
> # Refs to variable withzout "$" upfront
> z=3; echo $((z+3))

An important one I forgot:

   # Line continuation
   echo one \
     two

Potentially hase quite a few sub cases ..

Best,



Sebastian