On 2/23/10 4:23 AM, t...@icada.com wrote:
> Description:
> I would have expected the output to be 2 in both cases. My mistake or
> yours? :-)
>
> Repeat-By:
> a=1; echo foo;{ a=2; }; echo $a # output: 2
> a=1; echo foo|{ a=2; }; echo $a # output: 1
Yours. Please read the Bash FAQ, question E4.
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