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# Wishlist

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## Token Recognition and Shell Grammar

a more human-readable version of the following topics:

- <http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/utilities/xcu_chap02.html#tag_02_03>
- <http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/utilities/xcu_chap02.html#tag_02_10>

## General

A simplified version of `man bash` and interesting bash tricks.:-)

> The whole site is meant to be like that: a simplified or better
> human-readable collection of manpage snipplets. Maybe a page with the
> main topics of bash manpage that link to the proper articles would be
> good (I just don't have enough articles heh) - a kind of summary page
> --- Jan

## Some ideas

**hmm maybe some of this stuff could make it somewhere to the
wiki...:)**

- an article about how to do ksh coprocess in bash  
  (:V4: may be obsolete regarding [Bash 4 features](bash4))
  1. single way -> process substitution
  2. 2 way name pipes
- let's write a interactive tutorial script that teaches readline/bash
  (like C-h t in emacs, or vimtutor or vilearn)
- programmable history:
  <http://pastebin.bash-hackers.org/index.php?show=22>

## Implemented

### Bash For Loop Multi-word lines

From this solution on modifying the internal Field Separator (IFS) in
bash I found here:

- <http://linux.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/Debian/2006-08/msg00462.html>

> added to [the for-loop-article](/syntax/ccmd/classic_for.md) as example,
> but also made some critical comments; thanks --- Jan

### Getopts tutorial

- My school offers a UNIX programming course (C, shell, etc.). I use
  this site extensively to help my friends taking this course learn
  concepts such as I/O redirection etc. As it gets more advanced they
  need to do option parsing. Therefore I would like to see a "getopts
  illustrated" article or some such, showing the breakdown of how it
  parses parameters.