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Content-language: en-US To: zsh-users@zsh.org References: <20221119164852.hwujmufa6hn5lotr@chazelas.org> <352823cc-954a-fa79-d830-d69d593b1c02@eastlink.ca> <3fa3f7ff-1733-4730-a62f-dd0e138c3b72@app.fastmail.com> <20221120085519.szudhyg5ewrw3b4o@chazelas.org> <20221120150848.74di3mpjwnfcul34@chazelas.org> <20221120201659.na4ypuivspeoowhu@chazelas.org> From: Ray Andrews In-reply-to: Content-type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit X-Seq: 28426 Archived-At: X-Loop: zsh-users@zsh.org Errors-To: zsh-users-owner@zsh.org Precedence: list Precedence: bulk Sender: zsh-users-request@zsh.org X-no-archive: yes List-Id: List-Help: , List-Subscribe: , List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Owner: List-Archive: > In the Unix-based world, it's expected that the shell will do the > parsing and the command only has to do the interpreting, so there are > a lot more rules about the structure of the command line. Hit the nail on the head :-)