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Mini Languages

This chapter in the Oils Reference describes "mini-languages".

In contrast, the main sub languages of YSH are command, word, and expression.

Other Shell Sublanguages

Arithmetic

arith-context

sh-numbers

sh-arith

sh-logical

sh-bitwise

Boolean

dbracket

Compatible with bash.

bool-expr

bool-infix

bool-path

bool-str

bool-other

Patterns

glob

extglob

regex

Part of dbracket

Other Sublang

braces

histsub

History substitution uses !.

char-escapes

These backslash escape sequences are used in echo -e, printf, and in C-style strings like $'foo\n':

\\         backslash
\a         alert (BEL)
\b         backspace
\c         stop processing remaining input
\e         the escape character \x1b
\f         form feed
\n         newline
\r         carriage return
\t         tab
\v         vertical tab
\xHH       the byte with value HH, in hexadecimal
\uHHHH     the unicode char with value HHHH, in hexadecimal
\UHHHHHHHH the unicode char with value HHHHHHHH, in hexadecimal

Also:

\"         Double quote.

Inconsistent octal escapes:

\0NNN      echo -e '\0123'
\NNN       printf '\123'
           echo $'\123'

TODO: Verify other differences between echo -e, printf, and $''. See frontend/lexer_def.py.