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Re: The difference between `X=x f | cat` and `{ X=x; f; } | cat`


From: Emanuele Torre
Subject: Re: The difference between `X=x f | cat` and `{ X=x; f; } | cat`
Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2023 16:07:07 +0100
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On 19 January 2023 16:01:06 CET, Peng Yu <pengyu.ut@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks. But my question is about f being a bash function. I don't care
> when f is not a function. I know X will be defined in the environment
> in the latter case, whether f is a function or not.

It doesn't matter that f is a function. You should also know that
shell functions can run external commands.

 emanuele6


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