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