Re: bash - executing function in "find" command

["Chris F.A. Johnson" <cfajohnson@gmail.com>]

On 2005-07-06, Paul Smith wrote:
>
> The disadvantage of the pipe-to-while method is that each element in the
> pipeline is run in a subshell, so variables set inside the while loop
> (for example) won't be set after the loop is complete[*].

find . | {
  while read line
  do
     : whatever
     word=${line%% *}
  done

  : variables set within the loop are still available here, e.g.:
  printf "%s\n" "$word"

}

: but not here

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