============================= Literal words ============================= echo a echo a b --- (program (command (command_name (word)) (word)) (command (command_name (word)) (word) (word))) ============================= Simple variable expansions ============================= echo $abc --- (program (command (command_name (word)) (simple_expansion (variable_name)))) ============================= Variable expansions ============================= echo ${abc} echo ${abc:-def} --- (program (command (command_name (word)) (expansion (variable_name))) (command (command_name (word)) (expansion (variable_name) (word)))) =================================== Other variable expansion operators =================================== cat ${BAR} ${ABC=def} ${GHI:?jkl} --- (program (command (command_name (word)) (expansion (variable_name)) (expansion (variable_name) (word)) (expansion (variable_name) (word)))) ============================= Command substitutions ============================= echo `echo hi` echo $(echo $(echo hi)) --- (program (command (command_name (word)) (command_substitution (command (command_name (word)) (word)))) (command (command_name (word)) (command_substitution (command (command_name (word)) (command_substitution (command (command_name (word)) (word))))))) ============================= Process substitutions ============================= wc -c <(echo abc && echo def) echo abc > >(wc -c) --- (program (command (command_name (word)) (word) (process_substitution (list (command (command_name (word)) (word)) (command (command_name (word)) (word))))) (command (command_name (word)) (word) (file_redirect (process_substitution (command (command_name (word)) (word)))))) ============================= Single quoted strings ============================= echo 'a b' 'c d' --- (program (command (command_name (word)) (raw_string) (raw_string))) ============================= Double quoted strings ============================= echo "a" "b" echo "a ${b} c" "d $e" --- (program (command (command_name (word)) (string) (string)) (command (command_name (word)) (string (expansion (variable_name))) (string (simple_expansion (variable_name))))) ========================================= Strings containing command substitutions ========================================= find "`dirname $file`" -name "$base"'*' --- (program (command (command_name (word)) (string (command_substitution (command (command_name (word)) (simple_expansion (variable_name))))) (word) (concatenation (string (simple_expansion (variable_name))) (raw_string)))) ========================================= Arrays and array expansions ========================================= a=() b=(1 2 3) echo ${a[@]} echo ${#b[@]} a[$i]=50 --- (program (environment_variable_assignment (variable_name) (array)) (environment_variable_assignment (variable_name) (array (word) (word) (word))) (command (command_name (word)) (expansion (variable_name))) (command (command_name (word)) (expansion (variable_name))) (environment_variable_assignment (subscript (variable_name) (simple_expansion (variable_name))) (word)))