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Re: return value ignored sometimes when returning from within a loop
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Paul Jarc |
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Re: return value ignored sometimes when returning from within a loop |
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Wed, 07 May 2003 14:21:25 -0400 |
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Edward Welbourne <eddy@opera.no> wrote:
>> This is covered in the bash FAQ, entry E4.
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> and where is the bash FAQ ?
It's posted here regularly. If you want to find it on the web, you
can Google for "bash faq".
>From what I've heard, the GNU webmaster wasn't very helpful about
updating the official GNU page, at least the last time it was tried.
> It isn't mentioned in the man page, nor can I find it in the info
Chet could fix that.
> Having seen various other variants on the theme, I can now guess that
> what's happening is: use of I/O redirection causes while...do...done
> to happen in a subshell
Well, the pipe causes it. Redirections to/from files wouldn't have
the same symptom with bash, although they would with some other
shells.
paul