& digit &case-part: pattern ) command-list ;; pattern: word pattern | word else-part: elif command-list then command-list else-part

else command-list empty empty: word: a sequence of non-blank characters name: a sequence of letters, digits or underscores starting with a letter digit: 0123456789

Appendix B - Meta-characters and Reserved Words

a) syntactic | pipe symbol && `andf' symbol ||

`orf' symbol ; command separator ;; case delimiter & background commands () command grouping < input redirection << input from a here document > output creation >> output append b) patterns * match any character(s) including none ? match any single character [...] match any of the enclosed characters c) substitution