* Osamu Aoki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2001.11.24 23:52:38-0800]:
> > is this because the pipe really just spawns another shell and thus the
> > variable $b of the spawning shell is preserved? or is this a bug?
>
> This has to do with the parent-child relationship between Unix
> processes. It affects
On Sat, Nov 24, 2001 at 12:21:01AM +0100, martin f krafft wrote:
> bash-2.05$ echo "hello, world, this is ANOTHER test" | read a b
> bash-2.05$ echo $b
> world, this is a test
>
> is this because the pipe really just spawns another shell and thus the
> variable $b of the spawning shell is preser
can someone shed some light on this, please?
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bash-2.05$ bash --version
GNU bash, version 2.05.0(1)-release (i386-pc-linux-gnu)
Copyright 2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
bash-2.05$ dpkg -l bash | grep bash
ii bash 2.05-10The GNU Bourne A
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