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<B>&</B>,
the shell executes the command in the <I>background</I>
-in a subshell. The shell does not wait for the command to
-finish, and the return status is 0. Commands separated by a
+in a subshell.
+The shell does not wait for the command to
+finish, and the return status is 0.
+These are referred to as <I>asynchronous</I> commands.
+Commands separated by a
<B>;</B>
are executed sequentially; the shell waits for each
Using `+' instead of `-'
turns off the attribute instead,
-with the exceptions that <B>+a</B>
-may not be used to destroy an array variable and <B>+r</B> will not
+with the exceptions that <B>+a</B> and <B>+A</B>
+may not be used to destroy array variables and <B>+r</B> will not
remove the readonly attribute.
When used in a function,
<B>declare</B>
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