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From: Mikael Magnusson <mikachu@gmail.com>
To: Matt Zagrabelny <mzagrabe@d.umn.edu>
Cc: zsh-users@zsh.org
Subject: Re: inconsistency between bash and zsh subshells
Date: Mon, 23 May 2022 19:01:50 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAHYJk3RvJkzQCOHD5Z-ui2e0FW7GF_E-aj3DwVqF1=PmPccB-w@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAOLfK3XuyVFK16yxjgFCYRbtEYHJ7m5_XmxfsrmAHi7GYdt3Lw@mail.gmail.com>

On 5/23/22, Matt Zagrabelny <mzagrabe@d.umn.edu> wrote:
> Greetings zsh-users,
>
> I'm using zsh 5.8.1 (Debian).
>
> I am seeing inconsistent behavior between using a subshell in the branch of
> a conditional in bash and zsh.
>
> zsh:
>
> zsh$ rm -f /tmp/FOO
> zsh$ ls /tmp/FOO 2> /dev/null || echo "no /tmp/FOO"
> no /tmp/FOO
> zsh$ echo | while read LINE; do IP=$(echo $LINE | cut -d ' ' -f 1); if [ -n
> "$IP" ]; then echo FOO; FOO=$(touch /tmp/FOO); else echo BAR; fi; done; ls
> /tmp/FOO 2> /dev/null || echo "no /tmp/FOO"
> BAR
> /tmp/FOO
>
> Why does the subshell in zsh get executed even though the conditional
> branch is not? That is, the "touch"-ing of /tmp/FOO.

You're most likely using a poorly written prompt theme and/or thing
that updates your terminal title. Try disabling that code and try
again if so.

-- 
Mikael Magnusson


  reply	other threads:[~2022-05-23 17:02 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-05-23 16:55 Matt Zagrabelny
2022-05-23 17:01 ` Mikael Magnusson [this message]
2022-05-23 17:26   ` Matt Zagrabelny
2022-05-23 17:31     ` Mikael Magnusson
2022-05-23 17:51       ` Matt Zagrabelny
2022-05-23 17:04 ` Dominik Vogt

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