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# Bash compound commands
The main part of Bash\'s syntax are the so-called **compound commands**.
They\'re called like that because they use \"real\" commands ([simple
commands](../../syntax/basicgrammar.md#simple_commands) or
[lists](../../syntax/basicgrammar.md#lists)) and knit some intelligence around
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them. That is what the essential \"Bash language\" is made of.
## Command grouping
- grouping: [command grouping](../../grouping_plain.md)
- grouping again: [command grouping in a subshell](../../grouping_subshell.md)
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## Conditional reactions
Note that conditionals can also be scripted using
[list](../../syntax/basicgrammar.md#lists), which are syntax elements, not
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commands.
- the \"new\" test command: [conditional
expression](../../conditional_expression.md)
- if-clause: [conditional branching](../../if_clause.md)
- case statement: [pattern-based branching](../../case.md)
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## Loops
- [classic for-loop](../../classic_for.md)
- [C-style for-loop](../../c_for.md)
- [while loop](../../while_loop.md)
- [until loop](../../until_loop.md)
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## Misc
- math: [arithmetic evaluation](../../arithmetic_eval.md)
- menus: [user selections](../../user_select.md)