Date: Fri, 25 Apr 1997 04:14:40 -0800 (AKDT) From: Steve Howe <un_x@anchorage.net> To: freebsd-questions <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: bug? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970425040839.15853F-100000@aak.anchorage.net>
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i've had some buggy problems with sh, and think i narrowed one down (2.2.1) - invoke with an argument ... # this will not echo "goodbye". while [ $1 ]; do xxx=goodbye!; shift; done | cat; echo $xxx # this will ... while [ $1 ]; do xxx=goodbye!; shift; done; echo $xxx what's going on here? pipes have been destroying my variables ... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Sleep: a sign a caffeine deprivation ... http://www.anchorage.net/~un_x ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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