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Expand Up @@ -9,6 +9,14 @@ prompt, are parsed according to the following rules:

- Words (command names and parameters) are delimited by whitespaces.

- <<expansions#, Expansions>> are parsed and replaced before the execution of
the commands.

== Comments parsing

Commands are commented out after `#` until end of line (not `;`).
`#` takes effect _after_ the expansions are parsed.

== Quoted Strings

If a word starts with `'`, `"`, or `%X` with `X` a _non-nestable_ punctuation
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