add subshells, here-documents and redirections/pipes for control structures

- control structures can have redirections (while read l; do ...; done
  < file), which apply to all commands in them; they run in the shell
- in pipes and in the background they run in a subshell (cmd | while
  read l; do ...; done, for ...; done &, a && b &)
- ( list ) subshells; ( and ) are operators now
- here-documents <<EOF, <<-EOF, <<'EOF' and here-strings <<<word
- redirections of source apply to the commands of the file
- fix non-ASCII characters in quotes being mangled ('für')

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Florian WaltherandClaude Opus 5.5 committed 2026-10-04 20:57:15 +02:00
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@@ -191,14 +191,14 @@ func tokenize(input string) ([]token, error) {
if quote == '"' && !strings.ContainsRune("$\"\\`", rune(ch)) {
literal("\\")
}
literal(string(ch))
literal(input[i : i+1])
inWord = true
escaped = false
case quote == '\'':
if ch == '\'' {
quote = 0
} else {
literal(string(ch))
literal(input[i : i+1])
}
case ch == '\\':
startRaw(i)
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ func tokenize(input string) ([]token, error) {
if ch == '"' {
quote = 0
} else {
literal(string(ch))
literal(input[i : i+1])
}
case ch == '"' || ch == '\'':
startRaw(i)
@@ -306,6 +306,10 @@ func tokenize(input string) ([]token, error) {
}
t := token{op: string(ch), fd: fd}
switch {
case strings.HasPrefix(input[i:], "<<<"):
// <<<word: the word (and a newline) is the input
t.op = "<<<"
i += 2
case ch == '>' && i+1 < len(input) && input[i+1] == '>':
t.op = ">>"
i++
@@ -1418,27 +1422,8 @@ func execInput(input string) error {
// execCommand executes a pipeline of simple commands with redirections, in
// the background if background is set.
func execCommand(input string, background bool) error {
// Brace expansion comes first, so that its results are expanded further
substStatus = 0
input, err := expandBraceWords(input)
if err != nil {
return err
}
// Split the input into words and operators, expanding variables and ~ on
// the way.
tokens, err := tokenize(input)
var (
synErr syntaxError
statusErr statusError
)
if errors.As(err, &synErr) || errors.As(err, &statusErr) {
return err
}
if err != nil {
return fmt.Errorf("invalid input: %w", err)
}
stages, err := parsePipeline(tokens)
stages, err := expandStages(input)
if err != nil {
return err
}
@@ -1456,19 +1441,62 @@ func execCommand(input string, background bool) error {
return runPipeline(stages, strings.TrimSpace(input), background)
}
// redirect is a redirection of a simple command, e.g. 2>>file or 2>&1.
type redirect struct {
op string // <, >, >>, &>, &>>, >& or <&
fd int // the redirected file descriptor
dup int // the target file descriptor of >& and <&
file string // the file name for all other operators
// expandStages expands the text of a pipeline of simple commands and splits
// it into its stages.
func expandStages(input string) ([]stage, error) {
// Brace expansion comes first, so that its results are expanded further
input, err := expandBraceWords(input)
if err != nil {
return nil, err
}
// Split the input into words and operators, expanding variables and ~ on
// the way.
tokens, err := tokenize(input)
var (
synErr syntaxError
statusErr statusError
)
if errors.As(err, &synErr) || errors.As(err, &statusErr) {
return nil, err
}
if err != nil {
return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid input: %w", err)
}
return parsePipeline(tokens)
}
// stage is a simple command of a pipeline.
// openRedirections expands and opens the redirections of a compound command
// and returns the resulting stdin, stdout and stderr, and the files to close
// afterwards.
func openRedirections(text string) ([3]*os.File, []*os.File, error) {
fds := [3]*os.File{stdio(0), stdio(1), stdio(2)}
stages, err := expandStages(text)
if err != nil {
return fds, nil, err
}
if len(stages) != 1 || len(stages[0].args) > 0 || len(stages[0].assigns) > 0 {
return fds, nil, syntaxError(text)
}
opened, err := applyRedirects(&fds, stages[0].redirects)
return fds, opened, err
}
// redirect is a redirection of a simple command, e.g. 2>>file or 2>&1.
type redirect struct {
op string // <, >, >>, &>, &>>, >&, <& or <<<
fd int // the redirected file descriptor
dup int // the target file descriptor of >& and <&
file string // the file name for all other operators (the text for <<<)
}
// stage is a simple command of a pipeline, or a script that runs in a
// subshell (a compound command in a pipeline or in the background).
type stage struct {
assigns []string // name=value before the command name
args []string
redirects []redirect
script string
}
// parsePipeline groups tokens into the stages of a pipeline.
@@ -1505,6 +1533,11 @@ func parsePipeline(tokens []token) ([]stage, error) {
return nil, syntaxError(next.op)
}
i++
if t.op == "<<<" {
// A here-string is not expanded as a pattern
cur.redirects = append(cur.redirects, redirect{op: t.op, fd: t.fd, file: tokens[i].word})
continue
}
files := expandWord(tokens[i])
if len(files) > 1 {
return nil, fmt.Errorf("%s: ambiguous redirect", sanitize(tokens[i].word))
@@ -1621,18 +1654,22 @@ func startStage(st stage, stdin, stdout *os.File, j *job, inPipeline, background
err = statusError(substStatus)
}
}
if err != nil || len(st.args) == 0 {
if err != nil || len(st.args) == 0 && st.script == "" {
// A command without arguments only creates or truncates the files
closeOwned()
return finishedProc(err)
}
fn, isFunc := functions[st.args[0]]
var fn *funcDef
isFunc := false
if st.script == "" {
fn, isFunc = functions[st.args[0]]
}
if isFunc && !inPipeline && !background {
defer closeOwned()
return finishedProc(callFunction(fn, st.args, fds, st.assigns))
}
if builtin, ok := builtins[st.args[0]]; !isFunc && ok {
if builtin, ok := builtins[firstArg(st.args)]; !isFunc && st.script == "" && ok {
switch {
case inPipeline && builtin.changesState:
closeOwned()
@@ -1641,10 +1678,11 @@ func startStage(st stage, stdin, stdout *os.File, j *job, inPipeline, background
closeOwned()
return finishedProc(fmt.Errorf("%s: cannot be run in the background", st.args[0]))
}
shellStderr := stdio(2)
run := func() error {
defer closeOwned()
err := runBuiltin(st.args, fds[0], fds[1])
if err != nil && fds[2] != stdio(2) {
if err != nil && fds[2] != shellStderr {
// Report the error where stderr is redirected to
fmt.Fprintln(fds[2], "gosh:", err)
return statusError(1)
@@ -1652,8 +1690,12 @@ func startStage(st stage, stdin, stdout *os.File, j *job, inPipeline, background
return err
}
if !inPipeline && !background {
// name=value before a builtin applies only while it runs
// name=value before a builtin applies only while it runs, its
// redirections also to the commands it runs (source file > out)
defer setTemporarily(st.assigns)()
saved := ioOverride
ioOverride = fds
defer func() { ioOverride = saved }()
return finishedProc(run())
}
p := &proc{done: make(chan error, 1)}
@@ -1662,7 +1704,13 @@ func startStage(st stage, stdin, stdout *os.File, j *job, inPipeline, background
}
var cmd *exec.Cmd
if isFunc {
if st.script != "" {
cmd, err = subshellCommand(st.script, positional)
if err != nil {
closeOwned()
return finishedProc(err)
}
} else if isFunc {
// A function in a pipeline or in the background runs in a subshell
cmd, err = subshellCommand(`"$@"`, st.args)
if err != nil {
@@ -1695,7 +1743,7 @@ func startStage(st stage, stdin, stdout *os.File, j *job, inPipeline, background
// The child has its own copies of the files now
closeOwned()
if errors.Is(err, exec.ErrNotFound) {
err = fmt.Errorf("%s: %w", sanitize(st.args[0]), errCommandNotFound)
err = fmt.Errorf("%s: %w", sanitize(firstArg(st.args)), errCommandNotFound)
}
if err != nil {
return finishedProc(err)
@@ -1710,6 +1758,13 @@ func startStage(st stage, stdin, stdout *os.File, j *job, inPipeline, background
return &proc{cmd: cmd}
}
func firstArg(args []string) string {
if len(args) == 0 {
return ""
}
return args[0]
}
// setTemporarily sets the variables of the assignments and returns a
// function that restores the previous values.
func setTemporarily(assigns []string) func() {
@@ -1758,6 +1813,16 @@ func applyRedirects(fds *[3]*os.File, redirects []redirect) ([]*os.File, error)
continue
}
if r.op == "<<<" {
f, err := hereFile(r.file + "\n")
if err != nil {
return fail(err)
}
opened = append(opened, f)
fds[r.fd] = f
continue
}
flags := os.O_WRONLY | os.O_CREATE | os.O_TRUNC
switch r.op {
case "<":
@@ -1783,6 +1848,26 @@ func applyRedirects(fds *[3]*os.File, redirects []redirect) ([]*os.File, error)
return opened, nil
}
// hereFile returns a file to read content from: a temporary file that is
// already removed (like bash does for here-documents), so that large inputs
// work and nothing is left behind.
func hereFile(content string) (*os.File, error) {
f, err := os.CreateTemp("", "gosh-here-*")
if err != nil {
return nil, err
}
os.Remove(f.Name())
if _, err := f.WriteString(content); err != nil {
f.Close()
return nil, err
}
if _, err := f.Seek(0, io.SeekStart); err != nil {
f.Close()
return nil, err
}
return f, nil
}
// builtins lists the built-in commands. Commands that change the state of
// the shell cannot be used in a pipeline, since there they would run
// concurrently (sh runs them in a subshell where they have no effect).
@@ -2021,12 +2106,16 @@ Features:
a || b (b only if a failed); $? is the exit status of the last command
- Control structures: if cmd; then ...; elif cmd; then ...; else ...; fi,
for x in words; do ...; done, while cmd; do ...; done, until ...,
case word in pattern|pattern) ...;; esac, { cmd; cmd; } groups;
! cmd negates the status; they can span several lines (prompt "> ")
case word in pattern|pattern) ...;; esac, { cmd; cmd; } groups,
( cmd; cmd ) subshells; ! cmd negates the status; they can span
several lines (prompt "> "), have redirections (done < file) and can
be used in pipes (| while read l; do ...; done) and with &
- Functions: name() { ...; } (or function name { ...; }); the arguments
are $1, $2, ...; in pipes, & and $(...) they run in a subshell
- Pipes (a | b) and redirections: < file, > file, >> file, 2> file,
2>> file, 2>&1, >&2, &> file (stdout and stderr), &>> file
2>> file, 2>&1, >&2, &> file (stdout and stderr), &>> file,
<<EOF here-documents (<<-EOF strips tabs, <<'EOF' expands nothing),
<<<word here-strings
- Job control: command & runs in the background, Ctrl+Z stops the
foreground job; jobs, fg, bg and wait manage the jobs
- Aliases replace the first word of a command in interactive shells