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From: mkhaw@teknowledge-vaxc.ARPA (Mike Khaw)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: what's the use of "{ list }" in /bin/sh?
Message-ID: <23590@teknowledge-vaxc.ARPA>
Date: 4 Jul 88 08:13:34 GMT
Organization: Teknowledge, Inc., Palo Alto CA
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"man sh" (on ultrix) says:

	{ list }
		The list is simply executed

Under what circumstances is this useful (i.e., why whould one want to
put braces around a list of commands)?

Thanks,
Mike Khaw
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