Subject: [50 character or so descriptive subject here (for reference)]
Configuration Information [Automatically generated, do not change]:
Machine: x86_64
OS: linux-gnu
Compiler: gcc -I/home/abuild/rpmbuild/BUILD/bash-4.2
-L/home/abuild/rpmbuild/BUILD/bash-4.2/../readline-6.2
Compilation CFLAGS: -DPROGRAM='bash' -DCONF_HOSTTYPE='x86_64'
-DCONF_OSTYPE='linux-gnu' -DCONF_MACHTYPE='x86_64-suse-linux-gnu'
-DCONF_VENDOR='suse' -DLOCALEDIR='/usr/share/locale' -DPACKAGE='bash'
-DSHELL -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I./include -I./lib
-fmessage-length=0 -O2 -Wall -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fstack-protector
-funwind-tables -fasynchronous-unwind-tables -g -D_GNU_SOURCE
-DRECYCLES_PIDS -Wall -g -std=gnu89 -Wuninitialized -Wextra
-Wno-unprototyped-calls -Wno-switch-enum -Wno-unused-variable
-Wno-unused-parameter -ftree-loop-linear -pipe -fprofile-use
uname output: Linux dep2.fritz.box 3.7.10-1.16-default #1 SMP Fri May 31
20:21:23 UTC 2013 (97c14ba) x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
Machine Type: x86_64-suse-linux-gnu
Bash Version: 4.2
Patch Level: 42
Release Status: release
bug-bash@gnu.org
Description:
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Hello,
this script:
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export cval=0
echo entering while
# listing ten files, to generate some output to count.
ls -1 /usr/bin|head -10 |while read fname
do
cval=$(( cval +1 ))
echo cval = $cval file = $fname
done
# one would think cval is now 10. but it is not, contrary to any other
programming language........
echo " after while: cval = $cval"
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does not set the value of cval after exiting the while loop.
that makes no sense.
Please Don't bother to tell me it s the way you guys think it should
technically work.
I know you think something along those lines, at least thats what I am
told....
However, no one in this world having to solve real life issues with
software, is interested in how it technically works. we need real life
logic and software that can deal with real life challenges and requirements.
Bash should not work that way. no programming language handles logic
this way. Not pascal, korn shell, c shell, cobol, c, c++, lua , fortran
or any other language i ever used.
Thank you for your willingness to open up your trench line, if any.
best regards,
Rens
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Fix:
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