A.4 Metacharacters for which coverage information is acquired
Coverage information is acquired only for command separators, not for other uses of metacharacters. The following table indicates the command separators for which coverage information is acquired.
Item |
C0 |
C1 |
---|---|---|
cmd_1;cmd_2 |
Y |
N |
cmd_1&&cmd_2 |
Y |
N |
cmd_1||cmd_2 |
Y |
N |
Note that no coverage information is acquired for metacharacters that are used for the following purposes:
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Comments
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Line continuations
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Variable substitutions
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Command substitutions
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File name substitutions
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Redirects
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Here documents
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Command groupings
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Other metacharacters