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From: Jilles Tjoelker <jilles@stack.nl>
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Subject: Re: bin/125855: sh(1) allows for multiline, non-escaped control
	structures (and thus isn't POSIX compliant)
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> [ sh allows ! <newline> <command> ]

I would consider this an extension to the standard, which sh(1) is free
to implement. Removing the extension, possibly gratuitously breaking
scripts, seems a bad idea.

The script is what should be fixed.

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Jilles Tjoelker