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Re: Errors are ignored with local variable assignment
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Chet Ramey |
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Re: Errors are ignored with local variable assignment |
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Wed, 4 Jan 2023 10:27:22 -0500 |
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On 1/4/23 1:21 AM, Carlos Prieto López wrote:
Bash Version: 5.1
Patch Level: 4
Release Status: release
Description:
Errors are ignored when a command with error is assigned to a
local variable on the same line of declaration.
This comes up often; just last month, in fact:
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-bash/2022-12/msg00003.html
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