nl=' ' list=' a b c' for s1 in "$nl" " "; do for s2 in "$nl" ";" ";$nl"; do for s3 in "$nl" " "; do r='' eval "for i${s1}in ${list}${s2}do${s3}r=\"\$r \$i\"; done" [ "$r" = "$list" ] || exit 1 done done done set -- $list for s2 in "$nl" " "; do for s3 in "$nl" " "; do r='' eval "for i${s2}do${s3}r=\"\$r \$i\"; done" [ "$r" = "$list" ] || exit 1 done done for s1 in "$nl" " "; do for s2 in "$nl" ";" ";$nl"; do for s3 in "$nl" " "; do eval "for i${s1}in${s2}do${s3}exit 1; done" done done done