Let's say I have a file, myfile.txt, with the following content:

$ git status

There is a concept in the DAX language called “Syntax Sugar”.  Simply put, the developers have created simplified versions of more complex formulas to make it easier for people to learn and use the DAX language.  Here are a couple of examples

WITH seq(n) AS
(
SELECT 0 UNION ALL SELECT n + 1 FROM seq
WHERE n < DATEDIFF(DAY, @StartDate, @CutoffDate)
)
SELECT n FROM seq