Re: C5 BASH IF

[Chris Adams <linux@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Once upon a time, Les Mikesell <lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx> said:
> I think that is still an oversimplification because more than
> expansion is involved and the order related to other steps.  When does
> it do i/o redirection; which things happen before/during starting
> subshells/pipes; what if you use 'eval', etc.?

Try this: "An Introduction to the UNIX Shell" (by the person who wrote
the Bourne shell, on which bash is based):

http://people.fas.harvard.edu/~lib113/reference/unix/bourne_shell.pdf

Or, the current version of the standard specification of the POSIX
shell, which bash implements:

http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/V3_chap02.html
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Chris Adams <linux@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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