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Re: I think bash logic in a loop like : while [ condition] |read somevar


From: Chet Ramey
Subject: Re: I think bash logic in a loop like : while [ condition] |read somevar is flawed.
Date: Thu, 26 Dec 2013 18:22:19 -0500
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On 12/25/13, 1:33 AM, Pierre Gaston wrote:

> If I remember correctly, POSIX allows the lastpipe behaviour.

It does, in its usual fashion: "each command of a multi-command pipeline
is in a subshell environment; as an extension, however, any or all
commands in a pipeline may be executed in the current environment."

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