Variable scope in subshell

Variable scope in subshell

functions

[mlf4aiur@4aiur Shell]$ cat function_return.sh 
subshell () {
    # pipeline will generate subshell
    echo 1 2 3 | while read line
    do
        echo "subshell: inside 1"; var=1; return 1
    done
    echo "subshell: inside 0"; var=0; return 0
}
subshell
echo "subshell: outside return $? var=$var"

foo () {
    for line in $(echo 1 2 3)
    do
        echo "foo: inside 1"; var=1; return 1
    done
    echo "foo: inside 0"; var=0; return 0
}

foo
echo "foo: outside return $? var=$var"

bar () {
    while read line
    do
        echo "bar: inside 1"; var=1; return 1
    # Bash Process Substitution, original shell doesn't work
    done 

using shell run it

[mlf4aiur@4aiur Shell]$ sh function_return.sh 
subshell: inside 1
subshell: inside 0
subshell: outside return 0 var=0
foo: inside 1
foo: outside return 1 var=1
function_return.sh: line 28: syntax error near unexpected token `

using bash run it

[mlf4aiur@4aiur Shell]$ bash function_return.sh 
subshell: inside 1
subshell: inside 0
subshell: outside return 0 var=0
foo: inside 1
foo: outside return 1 var=1
bar: inside 1
bar: outside return 1 var=1
[mlf4aiur@4aiur Shell]$ 

Tags: subshell