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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Command Languages Versus Programming Languages
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On Sat, 30 Mar 2024 00:14:42 +0100, Janis Papanagnou wrote:

> So what is  'for i in a ; do ... ; done'  then in your world?

    ldo@theon:~> for i in a b c; do echo i; done
    i
    i
    i

Like I said, in a shell language, you have the assumption that “everything 
is literal text until indicated otherwise”.