Re: why are pipeline commands (allowed to be) executed in subshells?

[Chet Ramey]

On 11/25/22 1:37 PM, Philippe Cerfon wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 25, 2022 at 7:23 PM Davide Brini <dave_br@gmx.com> wrote:
> > ** Additionally, 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.
>
> Ah, there it is. Thanks a lot.

It's necessary for job control.


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