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Re: set -ue vs. (),{}
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Al Elgert |
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Re: set -ue vs. (),{} |
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Thu, 7 Aug 2003 16:18:21 +0200 |
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Paul Jarc schrieb am 06.08.2003 um 12:09:06 (-0400):
> Dan Jacobson <jidanni@jidanni.org> wrote:
> > probably no bug triggered here, but you might check results anyway
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> Or might not. I know what behavior I see, but nobody can help you
> without knowing what behavior you see and what behavior you expected.
Maybe this might be a confusion between the behaviour of () and {}
() opens a subshell and therefore the unset
variable $a terminates the subshell - not the shell
{} Is a compound command.
It does not open a subshell and terminates the shell.
Alexander
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