From: jj4public@gmail.com   
      
   On Fri, 9 Oct 2020 18:15:04 -0000 (UTC), Kenny McCormack wrote:   
   > I am checking to see if something is a ";", with:   
   >   
   > if ;==; echo Yes   
   >   
   > I find that doesn't work - get error message "Yes is not expected at this   
   > time".  If I change it to:   
   >   
   > if ";"==";" echo Yes   
   >   
   > it works.  Why?  I think it also works as:   
   >   
   > if ^;==^; echo Yes   
   >   
   > So, the semi-colon must be special in some way.   
      
   Unless it's double-quoted, and it doesn't have any special meaning for the   
   current command, it's treated as a delimiter. It'll be basically same as   
   whitespace.   
      
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