Greg, thank you -- this was exactly what I've been failing to find. And there's even a solution that looks good for my *actual* problem.
-----Original Message----- From: Greg Wooledge <g...@wooledge.org> Sent: Tuesday, April 2, 2024 3:35 PM To: Linde, Evan <eli...@okstate.edu> Cc: bug-bash@gnu.org Subject: Re: Scope change in loops with "read" built-in [You don't often get email from g...@wooledge.org. Learn why this is important at https://aka.ms/LearnAboutSenderIdentification ] On Tue, Apr 02, 2024 at 08:08:57PM +0000, Linde, Evan wrote: > In a loop constructed like `... | while read ...`, changes to > variables declared outside the loop only have a loop local scope, > unlike other "while" or "for" loops. https://mywiki.wooledge.org/BashFAQ/024
