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Re: false ; a=$?|more; echo $a


From: Paul Jarc
Subject: Re: false ; a=$?|more; echo $a
Date: Sun, 09 Jun 2002 16:31:47 -0400
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Dan Jacobson <jidanni@deadspam.com> wrote:
> I suppose $? in line 1 got expanded after a subshell started,

Right; this is related to FAQ entry E4.

> and $$ got expanded before it started?

Right.  man bash:
       $      Expands  to  the  process ID of the shell.  In a ()
              subshell, it expands to the process ID of the  cur­
              rent shell, not the subshell.
This could be clarified, since the pipeline introduces a subshell
which is not a () subshell.


paul



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