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From: trost@reed.bitnet (Bill Trost,Box 607,ext 571,497)
Newsgroups: gnu.bash.bug
Subject: Brace yourself for a bug :-)
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Date: 22 Jan 90 00:14:16 GMT
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The command line
	{ sleep 3 ; /bin/echo foo } &
gets parsed as
	sleep 3 ; /bin/echo foo &

under bash 1.04 on our machines here.  /bin/sh interprets it as
	( sleep 3; /bin/echo foo ) &
if a semicolon is placed after "foo" (and passes "}" to echo
otherwise; i.e., "}" must come first on the command line to have its
meaning as a grouping symbol).