Re: builtin echo vs /bin/echo appears to affect variable scope

From	Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org>
Newsgroups	gnu.bash.bug
Subject	Re: builtin echo vs /bin/echo appears to affect variable scope
Date	2020-03-02 14:58 -0500
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On Mon, Mar 02, 2020 at 11:54:24AM -0800, Keith Thompson wrote:
> /bin/echo hello \
>     > BASH_BUG_TEST_$((i++))_$word

The redirection happens in the subshell that was created to run the
external command.

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Re: builtin echo vs /bin/echo appears to affect variable scope Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2020-03-02 14:58 -0500

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