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what character in unix is treated as a command separator?

  1. ;

  2. :

  3. `

  4. "
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In Unix shells, the semicolon (;) is used as a command separator, allowing multiple commands on a single line. The colon (:) has different uses like in PATH variables. Backticks (`) are for command substitution. Double quotes (") are for string quoting with variable expansion. The semicolon cleanly separates independent commands.

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