$ cat myscript TIMEFORMAT=foo var=x time ( TIMEFORMAT=bar var=y ) echo "<$TIMEFORMAT> <$var>"
f() { TIMEFORMAT=f; time :; }
time ( f )
echo "<$TIMEFORMAT>"
$ bash myscript
bar
<foo> <x>
f
f
<foo>
setting TIMEFORMAT in ( ) affects time out of the subshell
this cannot be right
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xoxo iza
