On Mon, Apr 22, 2002 at 05:15:00PM -0400, Mansur, Warren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> > No? Then how about this?
> >
> > result=badness # init with failure default
> > spewSomeKindOfOutput | while read input
> > do
> > result=goodness
> > done
> > echo $result
> >
> > What is the output?
>
> badness
Hrm.... "badness" in bash, pdksh, and Tru64's "SVR4" /bin/sh.
"goodness" in Tru64's "POSIX.2/XCU5.0" /bin/posix/sh, Tru64's ksh, and
zsh.
...that can't be good...
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