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Re: declare XXX=$(false);echo $?
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Chet Ramey |
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Re: declare XXX=$(false);echo $? |
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Fri, 2 Dec 2022 09:03:40 -0500 |
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On 12/2/22 5:28 AM, Ulrich Windl wrote:
Surprisingly "declare XXX=$(false);echo $?" outputs "0" (not "1")
There is no indication in the manual page that "declare" ignores the exit code
of commands being executed to set values.
Why do you think it should? `declare' has a well-defined return status.
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Chet Ramey, UTech, CWRU chet@case.edu http://tiswww.cwru.edu/~chet/
Re: declare XXX=$(false);echo $?, Martin D Kealey, 2022/12/02