On Sun, Mar 04, 2018 at 06:15:05PM -0500, Zach Hadgraft wrote: > Description: > global variable assignments fail when part of a sequence that > includes read and begins with a function invoked by command substitution > read can be invoked by another function, or invoked by another > command and the result is the same
As Chet said, command substitution runs in a subshell, which means side effects (global variable changes, changing directory, etc.) are discarded. If your actual goal is to send information from a function back to the caller, please see <https://mywiki.wooledge.org/BashFAQ/084>.
