Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!bloom-beacon!mit-eddie!uw-beaver!teknowledge-vaxc!mkhaw 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 Lines: 14 "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 -- internet: mkhaw@teknowledge.arpa uucp: {uunet|sun|ucbvax|decwrl|uw-beaver}!mkhaw%teknowledge.arpa hardcopy: Teknowledge Inc, 1850 Embarcadero Rd, POB 10119, Palo Alto, CA 94303