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Article #919Re: odd `shift' behaviour with bash-1.12
From: Chet Ramey
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 13:24
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 13:24
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> the second `shift' needs to be executed to shift the args to `bug', > even though they were already (supposed to have been) kicked out by > the `shift' in the inner loop. Bourne-style shells, bash included, run shell control structures with piped output in subshells. These subshells cannot modify their parent's environment. Chet -- ``The use of history as therapy means the corruption of history as history.'' -- Arthur Schlesinger Chet Ramey, Case Western Reserve University Internet: chet@po.CWRU.Edu -- ``The use of history as therapy means the corruption of history as history.'' -- Arthur Schlesinger Chet Ramey, Case Western Reserve University Internet: chet@po.CWRU.Edu
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Newsgroups: gnu.bash.bug Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!cis.ohio-state.edu!odin.ins.cwru.edu!chet From: chet@odin.ins.cwru.edu (Chet Ramey) Subject: Re: odd `shift' behaviour with bash-1.12 Message-ID: <9208282124.AA00590.SM@odin.INS.CWRU.Edu> Sender: gnulists@ai.mit.edu Reply-To: chet@po.cwru.edu Organization: GNUs Not Usenet References: chet@odin.ins.cwru.edu (Chet Ramey) Distribution: gnu Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 13:24:27 GMT Approved: bug-bash@prep.ai.mit.edu Lines: 23