Re: Declaring variables as local effects command status $?

[Paul Jarc]

Michael Rendell <mich...@cs.mun.ca> wrote:
>           local x=$( echo hi; exit 20);
>           ret=$?

Here you're getting the exit status of "local" itself, which is 0.  If
you want the exit status of the command substitution, make that a
separate command:
  local x
  x=$( echo hi; exit 20);


paul