On 5/22/23 10:59 AM, Chris Adams wrote: > Once upon a time, John Reiser <jrei...@bitwagon.com> said: >> Warning: This is intrusive because reading the status code via "$?" resets >> it to zero: >> $ false >> $ echo $? >> 1 >> $ echo $? >> 0 > > That is incorrect. The second reading of $? is the exit code of running > "echo $?" (which succeeded). Just reading the variable does not reset it. > > $ false > $ echo $? $? > 1 1 >
Also, $? doesn't change from commands in PS1 or PROMPT_COMMAND. _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to devel-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@lists.fedoraproject.org Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
