Re: bash syntax question

2008-06-06 Thread Malte Forkel
Alfredo Finelli schrieb: The 'date' command runs in a child process for which the bash shell has to determine the environment. Parameter assignments are inherited in that environment (i.e. the 'date' command sees them) in two cases: either when the variable is not only declared but also expor

Re: bash syntax question

2008-06-06 Thread Alfredo Finelli
On Friday 06 June 2008 12:59, Malte Forkel wrote: > I recently came across the following example for switching time > zones: > > $ date > Fr 6. Jun 12:49:30 CEST 2008 > $ TZ=UTC date > Fr 6. Jun 10:49:35 UTC 2008 > > Could someone please explain to me the general shell syntax involved > here? I did