cool .. gotta do .. thxx n greets ..
On Tuesday, September 17, 2024, Greg Wooledge <g...@wooledge.org> wrote: > On Tue, Sep 17, 2024 at 17:00:16 +0200, alex xmb sw ratchev wrote: > > plz what does 'local -' do , its newer to me > > i forgot all about it already > > local [option] [name[=value] ... | - ] > For each argument, a local variable named name is created, > and > assigned value. The option can be any of the options > accepted > by declare. When local is used within a function, it causes > the > variable name to have a visible scope restricted to that > func‐ > tion and its children. If name is -, the set of shell > options > is made local to the function in which local is invoked: > shell > options changed using the set builtin inside the function > are > restored to their original values when the function > returns. > > It's supposed to let you make things like "set -f" local to the function > in which they appear. I've never actually used it yet. > >
