Hello again, On Sat, Apr 1, 2023, at 18:46, наб wrote: > a quick skim reveals > this is because the final pipeline exits 1 because I used a && as an if;
Wow, thank you for noticing that! It makes perfect sense, but I hadn't considered that particular difference between && and if. From the The Open Group Base Specifications Shell Command Language chapter: In 2018, https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/V3_chap02.html#tag_18_09_03_06 wrote: > The exit status of an AND list shall be the exit status of the last > command that is executed in the list. vs. In 2018, https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/V3_chap02.html#tag_18_09_04_07 wrote: > The exit status of the if command shall be the exit status of the > then or else compound-list that was executed, or zero, if none was executed. Thanks! Scott
