On 9/5/10 5:36 AM, Pierre Gaston wrote:
> using the following:
>
> false; : | echo $?
>
> bash and ksh93 print 0
> pdksh, dash and zsh print 1
It looks like bash and ksh93 wait for each command in a pipeline to finish
and allow the intermediate commands to set $?, which, depending on timing,
can
On 09/05/2010 11:36 AM, Pierre Gaston wrote:
using the following:
false; : | echo $?
bash and ksh93 print 0
pdksh, dash and zsh print 1
It's not especially useful, but I'm wondering if there is any reason
for this. (I would expect 1)
Thanks
Pierre
In bash, echo is run in the subshell. I'm
