pipefail doesn't work on NetBSD or FreeBSD

[Gary E. Miller]

Yo Hal!

On Sat, 13 Oct 2018 13:56:39 -0700
Hal Murray <hmurray at megapathdsl.net> wrote:

> > Maybe: export FOO=xx ??  
> 
> I tried it.  It goes in, but the old value gets restored after the )
> We need a shell wizard.
> 
> sh-4.4$ foo=3
> sh-4.4$ (echo $foo)
> 3
> sh-4.4$ (foo=4; echo $foo)
> 4
> sh-4.4$ echo $foo
> 3
> sh-4.4$ 

I see no 'export' in your example.

Try:

$ export foo=3
$ (export foo=4; echo $foo)
$ echo $foo



RGDS
GARY
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