Re: PIPESTATUS differs from $? for compound command

[Andreas Schwab]

On Dez 09 2024, Mike Jonkmans wrote:

> But the PIPESTATUS refers to the 'false' pipeline:
>       $ if false; then :; fi; echo ${PIPESTATUS[*]}
>       1

$ if false; then :; fi | true; echo ${PIPESTATUS[*]}
0 0

Why is that not `1 0'?  After all, the last executed commands as part of
the pipeline (by your reasoning) are `false' and `true'.

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