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Re: Possible bug with respect to global variable within block of code wh
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Paul Jarc |
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Re: Possible bug with respect to global variable within block of code when piping the output of later |
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Wed, 26 Nov 2008 23:45:11 -0500 |
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Thiemo Kellner <thiemo@pferdehof-am-zindelstein.de> wrote:
> Maybe the piping converts the block implicitly to a subshell.
Yes, it does. This is documented in the man page, under "Pipelines"
in the "SHELL GRAMMAR" section, and in the FAQ, entry E4.
paul