Declaring variables as local effects command status $?

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Re: Declaring variables as local effects command status $?

Hi, On Friday 06 February 2009 17:02, Paul Jarc wrote: > Michael Rendell 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 comma