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Re: 'foo > >(bar)' doesn't set $! for external foo not invoked via 'comm
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Chet Ramey |
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Re: 'foo > >(bar)' doesn't set $! for external foo not invoked via 'command' |
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Mon, 20 Jul 2020 08:57:48 -0400 |
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On 7/20/20 1:10 AM, Oğuz wrote:
>> Bash Version: 5.0
>> Patch Level: 17
>> Release Status: release
>>
>> Description:
>> $! isn't set to the PID of 'bar' for
>>
>> foo > >(bar)
>>
>> if 'foo' is an external program (as opposed to a builtin or
>> function) - unless it's invoked via 'command'.
Redirections are performed in the subshell created to execute `foo', so the
process substitution is invoked there and can't affect the parent's $!.
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Chet Ramey, UTech, CWRU chet@case.edu http://tiswww.cwru.edu/~chet/