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 3.2.4 Compound Commands
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* Looping Constructs          Shell commands for iterative action.
* Conditional Constructs      Shell commands for conditional execution.
* Command Grouping            Ways to group commands.
 
    Compound commands are the shell programming constructs.  Each
 construct begins with a reserved word or control operator and is
 terminated by a corresponding reserved word or operator.  Any
 redirections ( Redirections) associated with a compound command
 apply to all commands within that compound command unless explicitly
 overridden.
 
    In most cases a list of commands in a compound command's description
 may be separated from the rest of the command by one or more newlines,
 and may be followed by a newline in place of a semicolon.
 
    Bash provides looping constructs, conditional commands, and
 mechanisms to group commands and execute them as a unit.
 
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