On Nov 21, 2014 1:43 PM, "Kurtis Rader" <krader@skepticism.us> wrote:
>
> Is this understandable for a mere mortal? Yes, but it requires a good
grasp
> for the rules of how a statement is parsed into tokens.

Also, as you indirectly pointed out, it requires understanding that some
tokens are handled by the shell on input whereas others are handled by
commands like echo on output.  You can always confuse yourself if you mix
the two.