On Mon, Oct 17, 2016 at 6:01 AM, isabella parakiss <izaber...@gmail.com> wrote: > > f() { TIMEFORMAT=f; time :; } > time ( f ) > f > f > > setting TIMEFORMAT in ( ) affects time out of the subshell > this cannot be right
time is a reserved word, not a builtin. time is not "out of the subshell". Its env is that of the subshell, I think.