Hi, I forgot to say thanks to all of you who responded. I think the manual page needs improvement. This is just confusing. Martin
Eric Blake wrote: > On 12/27/2016 10:21 AM, Martin MOKREJŠ wrote: >> Hi, >> I wanted to enable error code reporting for piped processes. This >> should be doable by "set -o pipeline on". The problem is it kills my $* >> array and defines $1="on". > > That's because you used the wrong syntax. > > 'set -o pipefail' turns it on, > 'set +o pipefail' turns it off > > 'set -o pipefail on' is the same as 'set -o pipefail; set on', which > turns it on but also changes $*.
