Re: [bash-bug] contents of whole arrays dissapears leaving while read loop

[Dr. Werner Fink]

On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 10:38:20AM +0100, Jan Schampera wrote:
> Lennart Schultz wrote:
> 
> > In the construct
> > cat file|while read line
> > do
> > done
> > the content of any arry assignments in the loop dissapears leaving the loop:
> 
> This is logic, since every part of the pipe runs in an own subshell (the
> first one runs in the "current shell"). This behaviour is also *not*
> limited to arrays.
> 
> This is not a bug, this is a consequence of Bash's design.

Yep ... nevertheless a side mark: ksh can do ;)

     Werner

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